Akshay Mangla
Biographic Data
| ID | 262248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akshay Mangla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akshay |
| FAMILY NAME | Mangla |
| SIGNATURE | MANGLA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5535-6520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 124 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Institutional Recognition: Activating Representation to Build Police Responsiveness to Women
How can public agencies become more responsive to marginalized citizens? We develop a theory of bureaucratic responsiveness as the product of resources, representation, and recognition. While material investments and inclusion of marginalized personnel are insufficient in passive forms, they can be jointly activated through institutional recognition : organizational dynamics that enhance a social group’s visibility and ascribe value to efforts to…
Social conflict on the front lines of reform: Institutional activism and girls' education in rural India
How do states realize social reforms for marginalized groups in settings of entrenched inequality? This article argues that reform implementation is a conflict‐ridden process driven by the institutional activism of street‐level bureaucrats. Through an ethnographic case study of Mahila Samakhya, a novel government program for women's empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, India, I find that local fieldworkers committed to reform promoted girls' education b…
Elite strategies and incremental policy change: The expansion of primary education in India
This article analyzes India's recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed state elites, who introduced incremental reforms over three decades. These officials operated beneath the political radar, layering small‐scale initiatives on top of the mainstream …
Bureaucratic Norms and State Capacity in India
Himachal Pradesh outperforms other Indian states in implementing universal primary education. Through comparative field research, this article finds that bureaucratic norms—unwritten rules that guide public officials—influence how well state agencies deliver services for the poor. The findings call attention to the informal, everyday practices that generate state capacity
Virtue out of Necessity? Compliance, Commitment, and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Private, voluntary compliance programs, promoted by global corporations and nongovernmental organizations alike, have produced only modest and uneven improvements in working conditions and labor rights in most global supply chains. Through a detailed study of a major global apparel company and its suppliers, this article argues that this compliance model rests on misguided theoretical and empirical assumptions concerning the power of multinationa…
Virtue out of Necessity? Compliance, Commitment, and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Private, voluntary compliance programs, promoted by global corporations and nongovernmental organizations alike, have produced only modest and uneven improvements in working conditions and labor rights in most global supply chains. Through a detailed study of a major global apparel company and its suppliers, this article argues that this compliance model rests on misguided theoretical and empirical assumptions concerning the power of multinationa…
Bureaucratic Norms and State Capacity in India
Himachal Pradesh outperforms other Indian states in implementing universal primary education. Through comparative field research, this article finds that bureaucratic norms—unwritten rules that guide public officials—influence how well state agencies deliver services for the poor. The findings call attention to the informal, everyday practices that generate state capacity
Elite strategies and incremental policy change: The expansion of primary education in India
This article analyzes India's recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed state elites, who introduced incremental reforms over three decades. These officials operated beneath the political radar, layering small‐scale initiatives on top of the mainstream …
Virtue out of Necessity? Compliance, Commitment, and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Private, voluntary compliance programs, promoted by global corporations and nongovernmental organizations alike, have produced only modest and uneven improvements in working conditions and labor rights in most global supply chains. Through a detailed study of a major global apparel company and its suppliers, this article argues that this compliance model rests on misguided theoretical and empirical assumptions concerning the power of multinationa…
Bureaucratic Norms and State Capacity in India
Himachal Pradesh outperforms other Indian states in implementing universal primary education. Through comparative field research, this article finds that bureaucratic norms—unwritten rules that guide public officials—influence how well state agencies deliver services for the poor. The findings call attention to the informal, everyday practices that generate state capacity
Elite strategies and incremental policy change: The expansion of primary education in India
This article analyzes India's recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed state elites, who introduced incremental reforms over three decades. These officials operated beneath the political radar, layering small‐scale initiatives on top of the mainstream …
Social conflict on the front lines of reform: Institutional activism and girls' education in rural India
How do states realize social reforms for marginalized groups in settings of entrenched inequality? This article argues that reform implementation is a conflict‐ridden process driven by the institutional activism of street‐level bureaucrats. Through an ethnographic case study of Mahila Samakhya, a novel government program for women's empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, India, I find that local fieldworkers committed to reform promoted girls' education b…
Institutional Recognition: Activating Representation to Build Police Responsiveness to Women
How can public agencies become more responsive to marginalized citizens? We develop a theory of bureaucratic responsiveness as the product of resources, representation, and recognition. While material investments and inclusion of marginalized personnel are insufficient in passive forms, they can be jointly activated through institutional recognition : organizational dynamics that enhance a social group’s visibility and ascribe value to efforts to…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Bureaucracy (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)