01678nam a2200241Ia 4500 OSt 20250725114242.0 210423s2002 xx 000 0 und d 988170225175 AL English 307.762 MATP George Mathew 122287 Panchayati raj from legislation to movement New Delhi Concept publishing company 2002 HB 200 INR Panchayati Raj, which has become the third tier of governance with the Constitution (Seventythird Amendment) Act, is of arereaching significance for decentralised governance in India. The author takes the reader on a journey into the vicissitudes of local government in India, from the years of Community Development through the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, the post Nehruvian days of its decline and the reemergence of the second generation with the Ashoka Mehta committee report, culminating in the present amendmenet. The first hand account of the experience in local government of West Bengal, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and even far away China, and of issues like the involvement of political parties, the role of women in panchayati raj, and the like, makes this volume fascinating reading. The author, while acknowledging the potential of creating a cascading federalism which the amendment unfolds, rightly perceives the risk of it remaining on paper unless continuous efforts are not made to convert it into a peoples movement. Sociology 122288 Urban Communities 122289 legislation ; movement ; Panchayati ; raj ddc BK 175215 175215 0 0 0 0 MSW SACPG SACPG 2008-08-12 Book World 200.00 0 307.762 MATP PG021914 2022-08-24 00:00:00 2021-04-26 BK