• ISBN13: 9780199475537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
• Pages: 400
• Original Price: INR 950.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 620 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): History & Theory

The book explores the interaction of political parties, bureaucracy, media, judiciary, and civil society groups in shaping policy in contemporary India. By researching the evolution of nine major legislations using a consistent lens, the work interrogates the suitability of existing political theories to explain the policy development process in an emerging economy like India. It covers recent events such as the agitation for the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Nirbhaya case that have underlined the role of non-government players in law-making in India as well as long-standing movements like for right to information, right to education, and food security. The authors have used the case study method to undertake a holistic study of the policy decisions made in the last two decades. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book borrows tools and concepts used in business studies, political science, and sociology to bring a new understanding to the process of policy in India.

Rajesh Chakrabarti, Professor and Executive Vice Dean, Jindal Global Business School, Kaushiki Sanyal, co-founder, Sunay Policy Advisory

The husband-wife co-authors live in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi and love to travel. Rajesh is currently Professor and Executive Vice Dean at the Jindal Global Business School at the O. P. Jindal Global University. Kaushiki heads Sunay Policy Advisory, a policy research and consulting start-up based in Gurgaon, that they co-founded. Their Oxford India Short Introduction to Public Policy in India was published by OUP in 2016.