Democracy and transparency in the Indian state: the making of the right to information act (Record no. 56589)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781138227040 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 342.540662 |
| Item number | SHA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sharma, Prashant |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Democracy and transparency in the Indian state: the making of the right to information act |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xx, 238p.; |
| Other physical details | pbk; |
| Dimensions | 23cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | includes appendix and index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The enactment of the national Right to Information (RTI) Act in 2005 has been produced, consumed, and celebrated as an important event of democratic deepening in India both in terms of the process that led to its enactment (arising from a grassroots movement) and its outcome (fundamentally altering the citizen--state relationship). This book proposes that the explanatory factors underlying this event may be more complex than imagined thus far.<br/><br/>The book discusses how the leadership of the grassroots movement was embedded within the ruling elite and possessed the necessary resources as well as unparalleled access to spaces of power for the movement to be successful. It shows how the democratisation of the higher bureaucracy along with the launch of the economic liberalisation project meant that the urban, educated, high-caste, upper-middle class elite that provided critical support to the demand for an RTI Act was no longer vested in the state and had moved to the private sector. Mirroring this shift, the framing of the RTI Act during the 1990s saw its ambit reduced to the government, even as there was a concomitant push to privatise public goods and services. It goes on to investigate the Indian RTI Act within the global explosion of freedom of information laws over the last two decades, and shows how international pressures had a direct and causal impact both on its content and the timing of its enactment.<br/><br/>https://www.routledge.com/Democracy-and-Transparency-in-the-Indian-State-The-Making-of-the-Right/Sharma/p/book/9781138491496 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Right to Information Act, 2005 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Freedom of Information--India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Democracy--India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Sciences |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 11/03/2022 | Gratis | 342.540662 SHA | 031206 | 11/03/2022 | 1 | Books |
