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Corruption and Local Governance: Evidence from Karnataka
Vijayalakshmi, V. - eSocialSciences - 2006
corruption in the utilization of public funds. Evidence from Karnataka shows that while institutions of local governance provide … a structure for public service delivery, there are several factors that influenced governance. These include measures of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528183
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Political Selection and the Quality of Evidence: Evidence form South India
Pande, Rohini; Besley, Timothy; Rao, Vijayendra - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and social status of village politicians, and how individual and village characteristics a®ect politician behavior while in o±ce. Education increases the chances of selection to public o±ce and reduces the odds that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528309
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Institutionalising Citizen Participaion in Urban Governance
Ramanathan, Ramesh - eSocialSciences - 2006
roles and responsibilities, as well as active citizenship are like the two strands of the DNA of good public governance. And … of decentralised governance and straighten the inequity to the urban voter, through a citizen-led initiative for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487814
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Who Drives Change? Comparing the Evolution of Domestic Climate Governance in India and South Africa
Never, Babette - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper compares and contrasts the nature and scope of change in the domestic climate governance of India and South … case, while more simple networks could be identified in India. Using data from an expert survey and from semi …-loop learning. Differences exist for more specific parts of climate governance. Three resulting hypotheses give conditions for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318508
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Governance in Public Transport Systems: Comparing Indian Railways and Airways
Goyal, Ashima - eSocialSciences - 2009
of ownership, industry and management structure, leadership, social norms, and institutional incentives to alleviating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528363
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From a Rights Perspective
Nagaraj, Vijay Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2006
The collection of papers demonstrates that the human right to development in essence brings together several distinct but not mutually inconsistent streams of philosophical, political, economic and socio-legal thoughts and traditions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319346
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Minorities Under Attack in Gujarat: Report of an Investigation
Harmony, Act Now for; ANHAD, Democracy - eSocialSciences - 2007
This report is based on the visit of the team to various affected villages and other areas in Gujarat and interviews with the victims and other villagers of these areas. There are a number of other villages which have been attacked but we could not visit all of them
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323724
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Pakistan’s Historic Opportunity for Change
Haqqani, Husain - eSocialSciences - 2008
Opinion polls show less than 20 per cent of Pakistanis now approve of President Musharraf, who has been described as an indispensable ally in the war against terrorism by some members of the Bush administration. The depth of opposition to Mr. Musharraf, coupled with his tendency to change or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250362
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Kanshi Ram: The Man and his Legacy
Pai, Sudha - eSocialSciences - 2006
Kanshi Ram’s main legacy is that political mobilization and use of State power is required to provide dalits self-respect, dignity, social equality and political empowerment to fight against domination and oppression within an unequal social order. An essay in tribute.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250379
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States Reorganisation: Contemporary Concerns
Pai, Sudha; Sarangi, Asha - eSocialSciences - 2009
Language alone can no longer be the basis for division of states. Issues such as size, governance, economic viability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250393