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Making bureaucracy work : norms, education and public service delivery in rural India / Akshay Mangla (University of Oxford).

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge studies in the comparative politics of educationPublisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022Copyright date: ♭2022Description: xx, 420 pages illustrations, maps 24 cmContent type:
  • text, still image, cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781009258012
  • 100925801X
  • 9781009258043
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 351.54 23/eng/20220803
LOC classification:
  • JQ247
Other classification:
  • Odf-o
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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. -- Provided by publisher.
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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.

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. -- Provided by publisher.

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