{"product_id":"public-institutions-in-india-performance-and-design","title":"Public Institutions in India - Performance and Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Devesh Kapur\u003cbr\u003ePratap Bhanu Mehta\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Devesh Kapur \/ Pratap Bhanu Mehta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 491\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195667263\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modern state secures legitimacy and carries out its tasks of governance and development through a diverse range of institutions. This volume analytically assesses the design, performance, and adaptability of the principal institutions of governance in India and their critical role in a democratic polity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is axiomatic that societies are well governed and well organized to the extent that their public institutions can adequately manage the demands imposed on them. In India, it is commonly held that a modest record in development and governance is explained by the somewhat limited utility of many public institutions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume looks at the Parliament, Presidency, institutions of internal accountability, the Judiciary, Police, and the Civil Service in addition to economic institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India, as also several regulatory bodies, paying special attention to the variables like autonomy, accountability, and information-sharing that have affected the performance of different institutions across time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included are essays that explore the critical role played by institutions in enhancing economic performance, strengthening federalism, and deepening the democratic impulse in India. In addition, they look at how electoral uncertainty has given a new lease of life to referee institutions like the Election Commission and the Supreme Court. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther, the volume looks at the variations in institutional performance of the Indian state across time, and evaluates if the state has the capacity to adapt to a changing environment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding detailed and original insights into the working of institutions and assessing the manner in which they assist, strengthen, thwart, manipulate, and subvert each other, this unique volume will be of interest to a scholarly audience in political science, public administration, and political sociology in addition to bureaucrats and policy planners, journalists, activists, and an informed general audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplaining Democratic Durability and Economic Performance: The Role of India's Institutions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian Parliament \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Presidency \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstitutions and Internal Accountability \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Judiciary: The Promise of Uncertainty \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Police in India: Design, Performance, and Adaptability \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Service: An Institutional Perspective \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReserve Bank of India: A Study in the Separation and Attrition of Powers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Federal Institutions and Economic Reform \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Regulatory Institutions in India: White Knights or Trojan Horses? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Rising Tide of Demands: India's Public Institutions and the Democratic Revolution \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTRIBUTORS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Devesh Kapur \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153619546480,"sku":"16328","price":52.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/16328.jpg?v=1793911703","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/public-institutions-in-india-performance-and-design","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}