The Local in Governance
Politics, Decentralization, and Environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19979262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Satyajit Singh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 278 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Local in Governance (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199468966.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4252904138 |
| Open Library | OL28620886M |
| ISBN | 9780199468966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This is a study of the different architectures of decentralization. It examines the political economy of how institutional designs for environmental governance are created and the important role of politics in shaping institutions and their outcomes. While recent approaches to issues related to governance and decentralization have become normative, economistic, and technocratic, this book underlines the importance of the political, in relation to administrative reforms towards decentralized governance. It is through the study of the architectures of decentralization that the book points to the different types of local politics that decentralization unfolds. It is contended that diverse decentralized institutions lead to different outcomes as they interface with local politics of different hues. Local governance is shaped as much by institutions as it is by local politics. Akin to politics in centre–state relations or within state governments, the book begins an exploration on local politics in the context of institutions for rural decentralization. The study alludes to the theoretical arguments in favour of participation, how decentralization has unfolded in India, the manner in which it affects different social groups, or how democratization is critical to decentralization, but goes beyond to focus meaningfully on the politics of how decentralized institutions are created and the political economy of their functioning that shapes outcomes. It is in the creation and functioning of these institutions that outcome paths—the good and the not so good—are determined. The empirical evidence is from the forestry and water sectors in India
Clientelism · Context (archaeology) · Corporate governance · Decentralization · Democracy · Democratization · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Technocracy · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Decentralization in government · Environmental policy · Forest policy · India · Local government · Natural resources · Water-supply
An Environmental History of India
Resistance, negotiation, and desire
Malignity in decentralization of natural resource governance in India
A paradox of the ‘community’
Development Schemes and the Hill District
Populism, public administration and democratic backsliding
Traditional Water Bodies and the Policy‐Practice Interface of Water Conservation
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |