Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India

Jha, Himanshu/ Mukherjee, Rahul (Editor)/ Mitra, Subrata K. (Editor)/ Jha, Raghbendra (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0190124784 / ISBN 13: 9780190124786

Published by Oxford Univ Pr, 2021

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344 pages. 5.80x8.60x1.20 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190124784
• ISBN 13: 9780190124786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms

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Synopsis

This is the first book in the Institutions and Development in South Asia series. It studies the historical institutionalism in the information regime in India by presenting an alternative narrative about the evolution of the RTI Act.

About the Author

Himanshu Jha, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University,Rahul Mukherjee, Director, Department of Political Science, Heidelberg University,Subrata K. Mitra, Professor, Department of Political Science, Heidelberg University,Raghbendra Jha, Executive Director, South Asia Research Centre, Australian National University

Himanshu Jha is with the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute at the Heidelberg University. Jha's most recent research explores the why, how, and what of institutional change. His current research interests lies in the area of institutional change, governance, distributive politics, state capacity, bureaucratic culture and the politics of climate change.