Development, Democracy, and Governance - 
Lessons and Policy Implications


Links
 
 
Institutional Links
 

1.     Asian Development Research Institute www.adriindia.org

2.     The WB National University of Juridical Sciences www.nujs.edu

3.     Centre for the Study of Developing Societies www.csds.in

4.     Centre for Studies in Social Sciences www.cssscal.org

5.     Institute of Development Studies www.idsk.org

6.     Centre for Science and Environment www.cseindia.org

7.     Tata Institute of Social Sciences www.tiss.edu

8.     Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research www.igidr.ac.in

9.     Institute for Social and Economic Change www.isec.ac.in

10.   Institute of Economic Growth www.iegindia.org

11.   Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies www.rgics.org

12.   Centre for Development Studies www.cds.edu

13.   Madras Institute of Development Studies www.mids.ac.in

14.   The Energy and Research Institute www.teriin.org

15.   Indian Institute of Public Administration www.iipa.org.in

16.   M S Swaminathan Research Foundation www.msrrf.org
 

 

Suggested by Badri Narayan Tiwari

1. Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Report of The High Powered Committee Appointed by The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India to Review The Seven Zonal Cultural Centres. 1994-95 (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)  

Suggested by Manish Jha

1. Agarwal, Anil, and Ajit Chak. Floods, Flood Plains and Environmental Myths. Centre for Science and Environment, 1991.

2. Baadh 2008: Ankahi Kahani. Free Thinkers, 2008.

3. Mishra, Anupam. Tairne Wala Samaj Doob Raha Hai. New Delhi: Yuva Samvad, 2008.

4. Mishra, Dinesh Kumar. "Floods and Some Legal Concerns." Water and the Laws in India. ed. Ramaswamy R Iyer. New Delhi: Sage, 2009.

5. Mishra, Dinesh Kumar. Trapped! Between the Devil and Deep Waters. People's Science Institute (PSI), Dehradun and South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP), New Delhi, 2008.

6. PUCL. Report on Floods in Bihar. Patna, 2007.

(Prints Available at CRG Resource Centre)  

Suggested by Sujata Dutta Hazarika

1. Hazarika, Sujata Dutta. "Democracy and Leadership: The Gendered Voice in Politics." Sociological Bulletin 570.3 (2008): 353-70.

2. Hazarika, Sujata Dutta. "Examining Autonomy and 73rd Amendment in Assam." Autonomy: Beyond Kant and Hermeneutics. Ed. Samir Kumar Das and Paula Banerjee. Anthem, 2007 (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

3. Hazarika, Sujata Dutta. "Political Participation of Women and the Dialectics of 73rd Amendment." Indian Journal of Political Science LXVII.2 (2006). (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

4. Hazarika, Sujata Dutta. "Social Development and Conflict in North-East India: Role of Participatory Governance and Decentralization." Interrogating Social Development: Global Perspectives and Local Initiatives. Ed. Debal Singha. New Delhi: Manohar Publication, 2010. (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

5. Hazarika, Sujata Dutta. "Social Development and Conflict in North-East India: Role of Participatory Governance and Decentralization in Interrogating Social Development: Global Perspectives and Local Initiatives." Ed. Debal Singha.(Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

Suggested by Sutirtha Bedajna

1. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, and Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai. Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ): Background Papers on Coastal Regulation Zone and Its Amendments. (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

Suggested by Ashutosh Kumar

1. "Bharat Shining, Cong Smiling, Left Whining." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

2. "BJP Fails to Draw Youth." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

3. "Cabinet Spot Reward for Rahul's Efforts?" The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

4. Chishti, Seema. "The Verdict." The Indian Express 22 May 2009

5. "Cong Biggest Gainer, Doubles Its 2004 Tally." 17 May 2009.

6. "Cong Happy with RJD-LJP Rout." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

7. "Congmen Singh Rahul-nama as Hands Rise High Again in the Hindi Heartland." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

8. "Congress Sweeps Left, Right and Centre." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

9. "Considered a Novice Two Years Ago, Rahul Turns Tide in UP." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

10. Desai, Meghnad. "The Triumph of the Outsider." The Indian Express 24 May 2009. (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

11. Despite Modi, BJP Fails to Impress." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

12. "History Made by the Millions." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

13. "History's Test." The Indian Express 18 May 2009.

14. Kohli, Atul. "What Are You Calling a 'historic Mandate'?" The Indian Express 19 May 2009.

15. "Lasting Freshness." The Indian Express 18 May 2009.

16. "Maya's Social Engineering Formula Fails to Click This Time." The Indian Express 18 May 2009.

17. Mehta, Pratap Bhanu. "The Triumph and the Glory." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

18. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, and Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai. Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ): Background Papers on Coastal Regulation Zone and Its Amendments. (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

19. "A New Order." The Indian Express 18 May 2009.

20. "No Pre-poll Pact with Cong Cost Us Dear: Paswan." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

21. "Not Bijli, Sadak, PM Factor Pulls in Votes." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

22. "People Did Not Find Third Front Credible: Yechury." The Indian Express 24 May 2009.

23. "Projection of Modi Caused Immense Harm to NDA: Sharad Yadav." The Indian Express 17 May 2009.

24. "Question for Didi." The Indian Express 19 May 2009.

25. "Red Zone Reposes Faith in BJP." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

26. "The Rise and Surprise of Rahul Gandhi." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

27. Sardesai, Rajdeep. "Here Comes the Bogeyman." Hindustan Times 2 Apr. 2009.

28. Sorabjee, Soli J. "The Inscrutable Voter." The Indian Express 24 May 2009. (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre) 

29. "Speaking Out, Finally." The Indian Express 22 May 2009.

30. "Third Front Experiment a Failure, Admits CPM." The Indian Express 19 May 2009.

31. "UPA Victory a Crowning Glory for 'reluctant Politician' Sonia." The Indian Express 19 May 2009.

32. "Urban Voter Goes Centrist, Gives BJP Cold Shoulder." The Times Of India 17 May 2009.

33. "Why Stability Won over Change." The Indian Express 24 May 2009.

34. Election Manifestos : BJP— 2004 and 2009 (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

35. Election Manifestos : INC— 2009 (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

36. Election Manifestos : Punjab Congress—2007 (Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

37. Election Manifestos : SAD— 2004(Print Available at CRG Resource Centre)

Other Resources
  • SAARC Democracy Charter: Citizens' Initiative

     On 20th-21st September 2011, a Regional Conference on SAARC Democracy Charter was organized by SACEPS in Kathmandu to finalize the SAARC Democracy Charter: Citizens' Initiative.  Keeping in mind that there had been significant progress at the intergovernmental level in developing an official version of the Democracy Charter, the conference in Kathmandu reexamined the key issues identified by both the intergovernmental draft and the Citizens' Initiative and considered how the Track II effort could supplement the official SAARC process.

     

      For details CLICK HERE

 

  • Consideration of the Report of the Inter-Governmental Meeting on SAARC Charter of Democracy (Dhaka, 4-5 September 2010)

During the Sixteenth Summit, the leaders of the Member States of SAARC underlined the challenge faced by them in ensuring effective, efficient, transparent and accountable governments. They emphasized the need for regional cooperation to strengthen good governance through sharing experiences, best-practices and establishing institutional linkages. They noted the proposal by Bangladesh to convene an Inter-Governmental Meeting in Dhaka on the idea of SAARC Charter of Democracy and it was convened on 4-5 September 2010 in Dhaka. The meeting was attended by all Member States.

 

      For details CLICK HERE

 

 

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