Local Democracy and Development
Local Democracy and Development

Author: T. M. Thomas Isaac

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780742516076

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In this definitive history, a key figure in the People's Campaign in Kerala provides a unique insider's account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launched in 1996, the campaign mobilized over 3 million of Kerala's 30 million people and resulted in bottom-up development planning in all 1,052 of its villages and urban neighborhoods. The authors tell a powerful story of mass mobilization and innovation as bureaucratic opposition was overcome, corruption and cynicism were rooted out, and parliamentary democracy prevailed. Considering both the theoretical and applied significance of the campaign in the context both of India's development since independence and of recent international debates about decentralization, civil society, and empowerment, the book provides invaluable lessons for sustainable development worldwide.

Local Finance, Fiscal Decentralisation and Decentralised Planning
Local Finance, Fiscal Decentralisation and Decentralised Planning

Author: B. A. Prakash

Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Limited

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9789353883096

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This book evaluates two decades of Kerala's experience on fiscal decentralization, finances and decentralized planning of rural and urban local governments and draws lessons for achieving sound fiscal decentralization in developing countries.

New Lamps for Old?
New Lamps for Old?

Author: J. Devika

Publisher: Zubaan

Published: 2012-06-25

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9381017395

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Based on a large number of interviews with women politicians of many generations and women who have entered the three-tier Panchayati Raj institutions since the mid-1990s in Kerala, this book tries to initiate fresh debate on the impact of the large-scale induction of women into the institutions of local self-government in India. The State of Kerala has been hailed as a success story in accommodating gender concerns in local-level planning and political decentralisation; this conclusion has been based on relatively simple evaluative exercises that ask whether women of diverse backgrounds have gained entry into formal institutions of governance or not. This book seeks to place political decentralisation and its possibilities for women within the historical and contemporary contexts. Against the popular assumption that the liberal feminist promise made by the state will be delivered, say, once the noxious influence of male relatives is removed, the book points to the multiple social forces that shape possibilities and hindrances for women, and reshape gender divisions in the political field. The book thus pays attention to women in both local governance and politics. Secondly, it examines how women have utilised, extended, survived within or subverted these spaces. In the present context in which fifty per cent of the seats in the institutions of local self-government are being reserved for women, and there exists considerable skepticism about reservations for women in the Parliament, this book offers reflections on both local governance and ‘high’ politics. Published by Zubaan.

Local Democracy And Development
Local Democracy And Development

Author: T.M. Thomas Isaac

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 9788187496113

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The People's Planning Campaign in Kerala is a mass movement to empower local bodies, to prepare plans for comprehensive local development, and to create an environment for radical institutional reforms. This book gives the inside story of this unique experiment in democratic decentralization that has attracted attention all over the world.Local bodies in Kerala have prepared and implemented three annual plans whose outlay constitutes 35-40 per cent of the state's plan. This book presents the rationale for initiating a mass movement for decentralization, chronicles the progress of the decentralized planning process during its first three years, and attempts an assessment of the outcome.

Decentralisation
Decentralisation

Author: P. N. Sankaran

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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The Trend Towards Decentralization Worldwide Has Been Accompanied By Differing Perceptions On Its Costs And Benefits. Decentralization Of Power From The Centre To The Provinces, Districts And Villages, Of Course, Enables People To Participate In Decision-Making More Directly. However, Democratic Decentralization Requires More Than Just Decentralization And Devolving Power. It Also Envisages Widening Participation Of The Marginalized- Women, Minorities And The Poor- And Increasing Accountability Of Public Officials At Local Levels. Framed Against The Above Background, The Book Presents An Introductory Overview Of The Global And Regional Processes In Decentralization And Proceeds To Unfold The Dynamics Of Institutional Proliferation/Linkages, Issues Of Inclusion And Participatory Justice, Protection Of Human Rights At The Grassroots, Accountability And Transparency Under Decentralized Governance, And Social Development Perspectives Of Decentralized Planning Process. Apart From Its Broad Reflections On The Indian Scenario, The Book Captures The Specific Experience Of Kerala In Decentralization Over The Last Decade.

Politics of Democracy and Decentralisation in India
Politics of Democracy and Decentralisation in India

Author: M. R. Biju

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9788171567058

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Kerala'S Development Experiments And Experiences Are Of Profound Significance Throughout The Globe. This Handy Volume Is A Collection Of Twelve Papers Which Deals With Hetrogeneous Topics Ranging From Panchayati Raj, Municipal Administration, Financial Administration, Electoral Politics And Politics Of Development. These Papers Will Help To Throw Light On The Transformation Of The State Polity During The Recent Past. Papers Can Be Broadly Categorised Under Three Major Captions Politics Of Democracy, Decentralisation And Development. The Focus Of Attention In The First Five Chapters Is On The Inestimable Impact Of The Modern Political Forces Political Parties, Interest Groups And Pressure Groups On Kerala Polity. Special Attention Is Paid To Assess And Evaluate The Electoral Process, Voting Behaviour, Participation Of Women And Weaker Sections In Its Dynamism. Chapters Six To Eleven Depict On The Origin, Growth And Performance Of The Civic Bodies Both Rural And Urban On Kerala. This Part Is Of Paramount Importance Because Of The Adoption Of The 73Rd And 74Th Constitution Amendment Acts By The Centre And Its Ratification By The State. The Central Theme Of Discussion In The Concluding Chapter Is To Evaluate The Various Developmental Measures Carried Out By The State For The Upliftment Of Weaker Sections Of Kerala.