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Rethinking Public Institutions in India by Devesh Kapur; Pratap Bhanu Mehta; Milan Vaishnav; Oxford University Press is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Rethinking Public Institutions in India about?

Over the past quarter century, India has experienced transformative changes in the realms of the economy, foreign policy, politics, and society. Despite these historic shifts, India’s public institutions have not enjoyed a similar transformation. Yet, the ability of government to address challenges from corruption to urbanization will fundamentally define India’s trajectory in the 21^st^ century. This volume examines the institutional foundations of the Indian state and the organizational and institutional context in which it operates. By drawing on the insights of some of the most knowledgeable scholars and practitioners with deep knowledge of the Indian state, it explores the critical issue of state capacity across four domains: oversight and restraint, the economy, accountability, and policy implementation. Each chapter provides an analytical account of how an institution or set of institutions—from parliament to the Reserve Bank of India—recruit talent, organize themselves to motivate performance, and interact with other agencies. The book not only provides an analytical and empirically-driven framework for understanding India’s institutional evolution but it also offers lesson

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Devesh Kapur; Pratap Bhanu Mehta; Milan Vaishnav; Oxford University Press
Publisher
IRL Press at Oxford University Press
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9780199091287
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Social Science, Social_sciences

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