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ABOUT THE BOOK
Federalism is one of the most important, effective and greatest political institutions of the contemporary world. The federal system has served extremely well for India in terms of promoting democracy, strengthening the national unity and achieving a fair level of economic progress.
However, late 1990s witnessed a weakening of national political parties, emergence of coalition politics and a shift in the centre“state power balance. Politically, however, with the rise of regional parties and coalitions, states seem to have gained an upper hand in many spheres of governance, whereas the centre finds itself restricted when there are serious problems regarding law and order issues, foreign policy matters or fiscal decentralization. The Constitution does not furnish clear guidance in many matters pertaining to centre“state issues like the role of Governor, fiscal distribution and administrative problems on the role of centre in accomplishing effective decentralization. Hence, provisions and articles narrated in the Constitution of India demands revisit as India needs a fresh balance of power looking to the new ˜low` in centre“state relations. Given the degree of permanency of the federal structure, this volume makes an attempt to consider the questions like: how does the State manage to resolve intergovernmental conflicts effectively; how satisfactory is the mechanism available to overcome backwardness in some regions towards a more equitable distribution of socio-economic goods and services and what kind of relationship is built between village government and the state government and how it strengthens or weakens the federal scheme of governance. The volume critically brings to the fore the fact that the championing of federalism by the regional parties at the state level works against decentralization further down in reality. Chapters in this volume address a wide range of complex issues affecting the centre“state relations in the context of political, social and economic developments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(s)
Lancy Lobo, a doctorate in sociology from Delhi School of Economics, is Director, Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier, he has also served as Director, Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He has conducted extensive studies on dalits, tribals, OBCs and minorities in rural and urban Gujarat. He was an International Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. during 1999-2000. He has authored/co-authored eight books.
Mrutuyanjaya Sahu was the Subir Chowdhury Fellow 2012-13 at Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics. He worked as a Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, as an Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, as a Research Associate at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad and also as a Research Associate at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. He has authored articles on development, displacement, marginalization, urban development and population displacement.
Jayesh Shah is a doctorate in Management from The M.S. University of Baroda. He also holds postgraduate diplomas in Industrial Relations, Labour Laws, Organization Behaviour, Clinical Psychology and Computer Science. He is a Research Associate at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. He has served as Chief Executive Officer in a leading international company for more than ten years. Earlier, he worked as freelance Management Consultant for more than a decade in Gujarat. He has conducted extensive studies on labour, employment and industry and has also contributed many articles to professional journals. He has co-authored two books. ISBN-978-81-316-0659-9
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