TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mathur, Kuldeep
TI  - Public policy and politics in India: how institutions matter
SN  - 9780199466054
U1  - 320.60954 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Political planning
KW  - India
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - List of Tables:
Preface
Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction
1. Guidance for Governance in India: Alternative Sources of Public Policy Advice
2. Policy Analysis in India: Research Bases and Discursive Practices
3. Policy Research Organizations in South Asia
4. Battling for Clean Environment: Supreme Court, Technocrats, and Populist Politics in Delhi
5. Does Performance Matter? Policy Struggles in Education
6. Privatization as Reform: Liberalization and Public Sector Enterprises in India
7. Drought in Parliament: Representation and Participation
8. Governance as Networks: Emerging Relationships among the State, Business, and NGO in India
9. Strengthening Bureaucracy: State and Development in India
10.Administrative Reform in India: Policy Prescriptions and Outcomes
Index
N2  - Policymaking in India evokes an image of rational decision-making and technical optimality. However, the arena of policymaking is characterized by conflict and contestation resolved through processes of negotiations and compromises. A significant amount of research in India focuses on policy goals and consequences, and less on policy processes. Breaking away from that approach, Public Policy and Politics in India directly addresses policy processes and discusses the role of institutions in policymaking in India. The wide-ranging essays cover issues such as environment, education, Parliament, liberalization, and governance. They highlight failures of implementation resulting from deep-rooted flaws in overall policy design. The volume aims not only to provoke a debate but also to encourage more systematic studies in the area.

'This significant volume provides an excellent understanding of policy studies in India since independence' - Sudha Pai, Professor, Center for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

'Professor Mathur, a leading observer of Indian politics and policy, explores the political and administrative intricacies of the governmental system, with particular emphasis on institutional practices.' - Frank Fischer, Professor of Politics and Global Affairs, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

'Through his wonderfully engaging essays, Kuldeep Mathur provides us with a rich understanding of the messiness within which Indias public policies are made and unmade.' - Bishnu N. Mohapatra, Professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India

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