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New forms of urban governance in India : shifts, models, networks and contestations / edited by I.S.A. Baud, J. de Wit.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Delhi : SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 2008Description: xiv, 402 pages : maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9788178299051 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 320.850954 NEW 012147
Contents:
Shifts in urban governance : raising the questions /​ I.S.A. Baud and J. de Wit Urban governance in India : spotlight on Mumbai /​ M. Pinto Urban decentralization in Indian cities : assessing the performance of neighbourhood level wards committees /​ J. de Wit, N. Nainan and S. Palnitkar Institutionalizing people's participation in urban governance : an inter-city perspective of wards committees in West Bengal /​ A. Ghosh and M. Mitra Negotiating for participation : decentralization and NGOs in Mumbai, India /​ N. Nainan and I.S.A. Baud Governance in urban environmental management : comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in south India /​ I.S.A. Baud and R. Dhanalakshmi Law, urban policies and the role of intermediaries in Delhi /​ I. Milbert New management tools for Mumbai's Solid Waste Management (SWM) /​ S. Redkar Partnerships in action : a people's view /​ A. Bhide New forms of governance in Hyderabad : how urban reforms are redefining actors in the city /​ L. Kennedy New forms of contestation and cooperation in Indian urban governance /​ N. Sridharan The courts and the squatter settlements in Delhi, or the intervention of the judiciary in urban 'governance' /​ V. Dupont and U. Ramanathan Urban governance : whose ball game is it anyway? /​ A. Adarkar.
Summary: Looks at the impact of decentralization on local governance arrangements and citizen participation in urban democracy processes in India. This work examines how local governments work together with other actors in governing mega cities in India, especially in view of globalization and internal transformation processes.
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Shifts in urban governance : raising the questions /​ I.S.A. Baud and J. de Wit
Urban governance in India : spotlight on Mumbai /​ M. Pinto
Urban decentralization in Indian cities : assessing the performance of neighbourhood level wards committees /​ J. de Wit, N. Nainan and S. Palnitkar
Institutionalizing people's participation in urban governance : an inter-city perspective of wards committees in West Bengal /​ A. Ghosh and M. Mitra
Negotiating for participation : decentralization and NGOs in Mumbai, India /​ N. Nainan and I.S.A. Baud
Governance in urban environmental management : comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in south India /​ I.S.A. Baud and R. Dhanalakshmi
Law, urban policies and the role of intermediaries in Delhi /​ I. Milbert
New management tools for Mumbai's Solid Waste Management (SWM) /​ S. Redkar
Partnerships in action : a people's view /​ A. Bhide
New forms of governance in Hyderabad : how urban reforms are redefining actors in the city /​ L. Kennedy
New forms of contestation and cooperation in Indian urban governance /​ N. Sridharan
The courts and the squatter settlements in Delhi, or the intervention of the judiciary in urban 'governance' /​ V. Dupont and U. Ramanathan
Urban governance : whose ball game is it anyway? /​ A. Adarkar.

Looks at the impact of decentralization on local governance arrangements and citizen participation in urban democracy processes in India. This work examines how local governments work together with other actors in governing mega cities in India, especially in view of globalization and internal transformation processes.

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