TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mangla,Akshay
TI  - Making bureaucracy work: norms, education and public service delivery in rural India 
T2  - Cambridge studies in the comparative politics of education
SN  - 9781009258012
AV  - JQ247 
U1  - 351.54 23/eng/20220803
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Fr̲valtning
KW  - sao
KW  - Kommunalfr̲valtning
KW  - Politiska fr̲hl̄landen
KW  - Landsbygd
KW  - Medborgarinflytande
KW  - Utbildning
KW  - Bureaucracy
KW  - India
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Local government
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Education, Primary
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Education, Rural
KW  - Students with social disabilities
KW  - Education
KW  - fast
KW  - Indien
N1  - First paperback edition 2023; Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-404) and index; Introduction, puzzles and theory. Introduction : bureaucracy and the politics of implementing primary education ; Bureaucratic norms : a theory of implementation ; The state and primary education in India -- Implementing primary education in Northern India. How legalistic bureaucracy generates uneven implementation ; How deliberative bureaucracy facilitates adaptive implementation ; Norm persistence : exit, voice and bureaucratic inertia ; Norm change : conflict and commitment on the front lines of reform -- Comparative extensions and implications. The argument in comparative perspective ; Conclusion : reimagining bureaucracy for inclusive development
N2  - This book sheds light on bureaucratic performance and education in developing countries. Through a multi-level comparative analysis of four Indian states, and over two years of ethnographic research, the book opens the "black box" of Indian bureaucracy, revealing how bureaucratic norms interact with social inequalities to shape public services. --
ER  -