{"product_id":"the-lokpal-idea-1963-2010-vol-i-9789352874743","title":"The Lokpal Idea, 1963-2010 Vol. I","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dhavan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the innumerable solutions proposed to  combat corruption and maladministration in India was the institution of the  Lokpal. Its story began around 1963 and continued through the heady days of the  Anna Hazare campaign to produce a flawed result passed by Parliament in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what is the Lokpal?  Like so many concepts of governance, it is an  institution to root out maladministration and corruption. Bureaucrats hated it  and sought to wriggle out of its jurisdiction. Politicians had no choice but to  broadly accept it, but were wary of its implications for ministers and  legislators. Political parties saw in it an opportunity to examine the past  five years of the previous past regimes as an incidence of ‘regime revenge’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lokpal Idea\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e1963-2010\u003c\/em\u003e, critically examines debates, documents, ideas, and  material to show how the idea of Lokpal was moulded and remoulded to suit  politicians and civil servants and others, and asks: Are remedial institutions  like the Lokpal the real answer? Can the Lokpal be seen as an artefact of  governance, or is it a mere plaything in the hands of ruling dispensations? \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616465051799,"sku":"9789352874743","price":1466.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789352874743.webp?v=1769294860","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-lokpal-idea-1963-2010-vol-i-9789352874743","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}