01820nam a2200253Ia 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001700062040000700079041001200086082001900098100002600117245004800143260004800191300000700239365001300246520104800259650002201307650003001329906004601359942001201405999001901417952013001436OSt20250725114242.0210423s2002    xx            000 0 und d  a988170225175  cAL  aEnglish  a307.762 bMATP  aGeorge Mathew9122287  aPanchayati raj from legislation to movement  aNew DelhibConcept publishing companyc2002  bHB  b200cINR  aPanchayati 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.  aSociology9122288  aUrban Communities9122289  alegislation ; movement ; Panchayati ; raj  2ddccBK  c175215d175215  001040708MSWaSACPGbSACPGd2008-08-12eBook Worldg200.00l0o307.762 MATPpPG021914r2022-08-24 00:00:00w2021-04-26yBK