Democracy and public policy in the post-covid-19 world : choices and outcomes / edited by Rumki Basu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Basu, Rumki, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge series on the humanities and the social sciences in a post-COVID-19 world.

Routledge series on the humanities and the social sciences in a post-COVID-19 world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--India.

Democracy.

COVID-19 (Disease).

India.

COVID-19 (Disease)--India.

India--Politics and government--21st century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Rumki Basu is Professor of Public Administration and former Head of the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, India. She was also the Director of the Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. She has published 12 books and 40 articles on issues of public policy and governance, international organization and the political economy of development in India. She has presented papers at the World Congress of Political Science in Berlin (1994), Seoul (1997), Santiago (2009), Madrid (2012) and Poznan (2016), and has participated in international workshops in South Asia and the Pacific Region. She has received the Indian Council of Social Science Research Teacher Fellowship Award. Her published works include: Economic Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation: Social Sector Expenditures and Centre State Relations (2000), Public Administration: Concepts and Theories New Edition 2007, Globalization and the Changing Role of the State (edited, 2008), Governance & Human Capital: The 21st Century Agenda (co-edited, 2011), Democracy and Good Governance: Reinventing the Public Service Delivery System in India (co-edited, 2014), Governance in South Asia (2016), Indian Administration Structure, Performance and Reform (2019) and Public Administration in the 21st Century (2019).

Contents:

Section I Public policy frameworks, theories and approaches p. 23

1 Theoretical framework and dynamics of public policy trajectory p. 25 / C. Sheela Reddy

2 Policy making: challenges to multidisciplinary approaches p. 40 / A. Venkatraman

3 Public policy communication: reclaiming a 'nearly lost' theme p. 47 / Dipankar Sinha

4 Connecting the dots, locating the linkages: conceptual perspectives on human rights, human security and public policy p. 60 / Kadloor Savitri

5 Ethics and public policy: how 'just' can public policy be? p. 74 / Nilesh Kumar Joshi

6 Changing paradigms of strategic political process in public policy formulation and governance: comparative study of GST in India and NAFTA in the US p. 83 / Debasis Bhattacharya

Section II Policy making in India: choices and outcomes p. 99

7 Promoting quality policy research in India: need for an evidence-based approach p. 101 / Ramabrahmam Ivaturi and Ramya Chitrapu

8 State and public policies in India: a symbiotic relationship p. 116 / Baljit Singh Mann

9 ICT applications in land records administration in India: a study on the implementation of DILRMP p. 128 / Ravinder Kaur and Venkatamallu Thadaboina

10 Policy and practices of decentralisation of elementary education in India p. 140 / Madhumita Bandyopadhyay

11 Recent transition in India's public health policy: layering patterns and inherent bottlenecks p. 158 / Siddhartha Mukerji

12 Emotive policy in a political democracy: case study of Kanyashree in West Bengal p. 176 / Fratip Chattopadhyay

13 Efficacy of MGNREGS in achieving SDGs p. 188 / Moitri Dey

14 The Indian state, democracy and the citizen: public policy challenges in the post-COVID-19 era p. 200 / Rumki Basu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Democracy and public policy in the post-covid-19 world

ISBN:

9781003142003

1003142001

9781000333787

1000333787

9781000333824

1000333825

9781000333862

1000333868

Publisher Number:

40030324411

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