India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Decentralisation
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Decentralization, local governance, and localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
This book, explores the crucial role of subnational levels of government in accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific. Subnational governments implement public
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Administrative decentralization and climate change: concepts, experience, and action
International and domestic efforts to respond to the severe global challenge of climate change are on the rise and evolving. Despite the importance of action from multiple levels of government, public
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Environmentalism after decentralization: the local politics of solid waste management in Tunisia
The present study adopts a transversal environmental justice-driven understanding of SWM which connects ecologies, lives, livelihoods, and institutions. Applying Rob Nixon’s theoretical framework of “slow
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Environmentalism after decentralization: the local politics of solid waste management in Tunisia
The present study adopts a transversal environmental justice-driven understanding of SWM which connects ecologies, lives, livelihoods, and institutions. Applying Rob Nixon’s theoretical framework of “slow
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Deepening decentralization in Zambia: political economy constraints and opportunities for reform
Since the early 2000s, decentralization has been espoused as a major policy goal of successive Zambian governments. With the passing of the 2019 Local Government Act, a greater understanding is needed
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Panchayat seats in West Bengal going uncontested, 03/07/2018
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of West Bengal State Election Commission & Others Vs Communist Party of India (Marxist) & Others dated 03/07/2018 regarding Panchayat seats
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Judgement of the High Court of Uttarakhand regarding declaration of rural self governing institutions like gram panchayat to an urban local body by converting it into a Nagar Panchayat, 14/05/2018
<p>Judgement of the High Court of Uttarakhand in the matter of Gram Sabha Mawakot & Others Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 14/05/2018 regarding declaration of rural self governing institutions
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Who should be at the top of bottom-up development? a case study of the national rural livelihoods mission in Rajasthan, India
It is widely acknowledged that top-down support is essential for bottom-up participatory projects to be effectively implemented at scale. However, which level of government, national or sub-national, should
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Historical transformations in boundary and land use in New Delhi’s urban villages
<p>New Delhi’s “urban villages” are the result of government land acquisitions that began in 1912 and continued into the 1960s. Since the 1980s, growing demand for real estate within