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      • Babu Jacob, Retired member, Indian Administrative Service, Suraj Jacob, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2021
      December 2021
      ISBN:
      9781108935944
      9781108832342
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108935944
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.55kg, 318 Pages
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      Economics, Macroeconomics
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    India and other countries chose a decentralised mode of delivering public services through elected local governments for increasing public welfare. However, great expectations of effective services, increased accountability and people's participation were widely belied in practice. Based on field research in cities of Gujarat, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, the book is a detailed examination of how state and local governments function and why decentralisation outcomes vary considerably. It locates the primary reason in governance practices that compromised autonomy and capacity of urban local governments. The book demonstrates that despite a constitutional mandate for decentralised governance, policy implementation got derailed in processes threading through laws, rules, and administrative actions. It shows how habitual practices create hidden institutional rigidities that thwart policy moves despite good intentions and democratic legitimacy. The book also discusses how to navigate policy to skirt hidden threats to successful implementation.

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    ‘In simple and uncomplicated words, this book is path-breaking. Unlike rural panchayats, urban local self governance in India is understudied. By focusing on Trivandrum and Surat, among other things, this book gives us a deep understanding of why city governments function so differently in India. Counter-intuitive insights, especially about Kerala, abound. Urban India will become bigger and bigger in the coming years. Read this book to understand what is at stake!'

    Ashutosh Varshney - Brown University, USA

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