Shaping Policy in India: Alliance, Advocacy, Activism
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Author Description
How effective is the Indian polity in making laws and policies to address changing ground realities? How do its gears work? Which stakeholder groups are more successful in bringing about policy change, through what methods, and in what contexts? Seeking to answer these questions, Shaping Policy in India takes a close look at nine landmark Indian laws and legislative attempts to reveal the socio-political process of policy formulation in the world's largest democracy. Offering in-depth accounts of the evolution of these nine major legislations, this text interrogates the suitability of existing political theories to explain the policy development process in an emerging economy like India.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates the mechanisms of policy formulation in India by analyzing how various stakeholders influence legislative outcomes in a complex, emerging democracy. The authors, Kaushiki Sanyal and Rajesh Chakrabarti, utilize a comparative case study approach to examine nine landmark pieces of legislation. By evaluating these specific instances, they test the applicability of established political theories within the unique socio-political landscape of the Indian state.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Detailed analysis of nine landmark Indian laws and legislative attempts.
- Examination of stakeholder influence, including advocacy groups, activists, and political actors.
- A comparative framework testing Western political theories against Indian ground realities.
- Insights into the practical mechanics of how policy evolves within a large-scale democratic system.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this text as a valuable resource for understanding the practical application of policy theory in non-Western contexts. Readers frequently note the clarity with which the authors bridge the gap between abstract political science concepts and the messy reality of Indian legislative processes.
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Publication Date:
2017-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199090858
ISBN-13:
9780199090853
Government
Public Policy
Sociology
India
