New forms of urban governance in India shifts, models, networks and contestations (SAGE Publications, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-391) and index
Shifts in urban governance : raising the questions / I.S.A. Baud and J. de Wit -- Urban governance in India-spotlight on Mumbai / M. Pinto -- Urban decentralization in Indian cities : assessing the performance of neighbourhood level wards committees / J. de Wit, N. Nainan and S. Palnitkar -- Institutionalising people's participation in urban governance : an inter-city perspective of the ward committees in West Bengal / A. Ghosh and M. Mitraá -- Negotiating for participation : decentralization and NGOs in Mumbai, India / N. Nainan and I.S.A. Baud -- Governance in urban environmental management : comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in south India / I.S.A. Baud and R. Dhanalakshmi -- Law, urban policies and the role of intermediaries in Delhi / I. Milbert -- New management tools for Mumbai's SWM / S. Redkar -- Partnerships in action : a people's view / A. Bhide -- New forms of governance in Hyderabad : how urban reforms are redefining actors in the city / L. Kennedyá -- New forms of contestation and cooperation in Indian urban governance / N. Sridharan -- The courts and the squatter settlements in Delhi or the intervention of the judiciary in urban "governance" / V. Dupont and U. Ramanathan -- Whose ball game is it anyway? / A. Adarkar
This work looks at the impact of decentralization on local governance arrangements and citizen participation in urban democracy processes in India to analyse the various issues. It includes case studies from the major cities throughout the country. Examines how local governments work together with other actors in governing mega cities in India, especially in view of globalization and internal transformation processes. It analyses whether new forms of governance open up opportunities for more participator