Bureaucratic rationality, political will, and state capacity: MGNREGS in undivided Andhra Pradesh
The successful implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in undivided Andhra Pradesh underlines the triumph of citizen formation over patron-client politics, aided by a democratic politics. This article argues that its success in Andhra Pradesh depended heavily...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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09 Dec, 2017
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Economic & political weekly
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 49, Pages: 53-60 |
| ISSN: | 2349-8846 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/49/special-articles/bureaucratic-rationality-political-will-and-state-capacity.html
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| Author Notes: | Rahul Mukherji, Himanshu Jha |
| Summary: | The successful implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in undivided Andhra Pradesh underlines the triumph of citizen formation over patron-client politics, aided by a democratic politics. This article argues that its success in Andhra Pradesh depended heavily on how the ideas within the rural development bureaucracy interacted with the political executive. This synergy engendered a state’s capacity to insulate a committed bureaucracy from powerful farmers and construction companies who had a clear interest in thwarting the programme. Elections can in a democracy elevate citizen concern over particularistic populism, when political will is matched by ideational conviction in the bureaucracy. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 15.12.2017 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2349-8846 |