Shaping Policy in India: Alliance, Advocacy, Activism

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Shaping Policy in India: Alliance, Advocacy, Activism

Edited by Rajesh Chakrabarti · Kaushiki Sanyal
Oxford University Press November 2017

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ISBN-13
9780199475537
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
November 2017
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
India ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The book explores the interaction of political parties, bureaucracy, media, judiciary, and civil society groups in shaping policy in contemporary India. By researching the evolution of nine major legislations using a consistent lens, the work interrogates the suitability of existing political theories to explain the policy development process in an emerging economy like India.

It covers recent events such as the agitation for the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Nirbhaya case that have underlined the role of non-government players in law-making in India as well as long-standing movements like for right to information, right to education, and food security.

The authors have used the case study method to undertake a holistic study of the policy decisions made in the last two decades. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book borrows tools and concepts used in business studies, political science, and sociology to bring a new understanding to the process of policy in India.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement
Preface
Foreword by Pratap Bhanu Mehta
1: The Policy Making Process: Overview and Theoretical Frameworks
2: Activism and Law Making: Extant Theories, Their Applicability, and New Findings
3: The Road to the Competition Act, 2001
4: Leveraging Grassroot Activism: The Right to Information Act, 2005
5: The Journey to the Right to Education Act, 2009
6: The Struggle Against Child Labour
7: Unfulfilled Promises: The Microfinance Bill, 2012
8: Accelerated Change: The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
9: Ensuring Food Security
10: The Tactic of Protest: Getting to the Lokpal Act, 2013
11: The Evolving Story of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013
12: In Search of a New Theory
References
Notes
Index
About the Co-authors
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