Integrating the Third Tier in the Indian Federal System Two Decades of Rural Local Governance /

• Main Authors: Sarma, Atul (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Chakravarty, Debabani (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political science.; Public finance.; Political economy.; Finance, Public.; Governance and Government.; Public Economics.; International Political Economy.; Public Finance.

This book discusses the evolution of the third tier of the Indian federal system, with a focus on rural local governance (commonly known as Panchayati Raj) against the backdrop of important theoretical and empirical literature on the relevance and effectiveness of service delivery in the decentraliz...