Ramya Ramanath
Biographic Data
| ID | 6280112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ramya Ramanath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ramya |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramanath |
| SIGNATURE | RAMANATH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3432-3364 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Plotting New Middle ‐ Class Aspirations
Shifting scholarly gaze from India's National Capital Region to Chennai's newly expanded metropolitan peripheries, this article examines how the staggered production of relatively affordable single‐family homes upon rural layouts both sustains and rearranges caste‐land‐based dominion in familiar yet crucially underexamined ways. We recall the framework of urban informality to unpack the politics and policies shaping Chennai's spatial development,…
Coping with political interference and resource scarcity
Design and delivery of public services in the global south remain woefully understudied. This is especially the case with newly institutionalized regions enmeshed in economic, social, and security challenges. Public administration literature recommends that regions facing wicked problems must rely on effective governance but offer little insight into the specificities of the problems faced by implementers and the prevailing means to tackle them. …
Unpacking Donor Retention
This article examines an important but relatively overlooked aspect in the field of international giving in the U.S.—individual monetary donations to Christian faith-related international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs)—and outlines the cognitive process influencing donors who choose to keep up their financial support to Christian faith-related INGOs. The propositions forwarded in this article draw on existing literature on Christian giving…
Defying NGO-ization
Nongovernmental Organizations
This entry reviews the role and performance of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that seek to serve as key agents in transmitting development to racially and ethnically marginalized populations. It draws on a wide variety of scholarly literature and finds that there are three sets of interrelated global trends that influence NGO responsibility and performance: increasing democratization, globalization and transnationalism, and rising ethnonati…
Limits to Institutional Isomorphism
Neo-institutional approaches to the study of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) suggest that as more NGOs cooperate with the state, they become isomorphic in their structures and processes. Such cooperation is expected to threaten inventiveness of the NGO sector, including its spontaneity, variety, and unpredictability. This article analyzes the internal institutional processes of three leading housing NGOs as they each implemented cooperative …
Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth
Making New Mortgage Markets
Making Common Ground
Making New Mortgage Markets
Making Common Ground
Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth
Limits to Institutional Isomorphism
Neo-institutional approaches to the study of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) suggest that as more NGOs cooperate with the state, they become isomorphic in their structures and processes. Such cooperation is expected to threaten inventiveness of the NGO sector, including its spontaneity, variety, and unpredictability. This article analyzes the internal institutional processes of three leading housing NGOs as they each implemented cooperative …
Nongovernmental Organizations
This entry reviews the role and performance of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that seek to serve as key agents in transmitting development to racially and ethnically marginalized populations. It draws on a wide variety of scholarly literature and finds that there are three sets of interrelated global trends that influence NGO responsibility and performance: increasing democratization, globalization and transnationalism, and rising ethnonati…
Unpacking Donor Retention
This article examines an important but relatively overlooked aspect in the field of international giving in the U.S.—individual monetary donations to Christian faith-related international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs)—and outlines the cognitive process influencing donors who choose to keep up their financial support to Christian faith-related INGOs. The propositions forwarded in this article draw on existing literature on Christian giving…
Defying NGO-ization
Coping with political interference and resource scarcity
Design and delivery of public services in the global south remain woefully understudied. This is especially the case with newly institutionalized regions enmeshed in economic, social, and security challenges. Public administration literature recommends that regions facing wicked problems must rely on effective governance but offer little insight into the specificities of the problems faced by implementers and the prevailing means to tackle them. …
Plotting New Middle ‐ Class Aspirations
Shifting scholarly gaze from India's National Capital Region to Chennai's newly expanded metropolitan peripheries, this article examines how the staggered production of relatively affordable single‐family homes upon rural layouts both sustains and rearranges caste‐land‐based dominion in familiar yet crucially underexamined ways. We recall the framework of urban informality to unpack the politics and policies shaping Chennai's spatial development,…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works)