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State of Governance : Delhi Citizen Handbook 2009
Delhi
Citizen Handbook 2009 is the outcome of Centre for Civil
Society’s constant and concerted commitment towards
better governance. This extensive research was made possible
by young student researchers and the book is a compilation
of our studies on close to 30 departments, agencies, boards
and issues that ignite public debate in Delhi today. The Handbook
makes constructive and bold recommendations for improving
the quality and effectiveness of governance and follows-up
on some of the recommendations made in our previous books
edition of 2003 and 2006. |
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Handbook
on New Public Governance
Parth J Shah and Makarand Bakore
The handbook offers a spectrum of choicest
of articles that capture the essence of good governance. The
rich menu has insightful contributions on New Public Management,
decentralisation, participation, accountability and e-governance.
Illustrative case studies on public-private partnerships exemplify
sustainable service delivery models worldwide. This digest
is a swift route to grasping the fundamentals of governance
for politicians, administrators, civil society members and
students.
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Voluntary
City
 David
T Bieto, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok
The book assembles a rich history
and analysis of large-scale, private and voluntary, community-based
provision of social services, urban infrastructure, and community
governance to restore the vitality of city life. Such systems
provide education, transportation, housing, crime control,
parks and recreation, health care, employment, and more, by
being more effective, innovative, and responsive than those
provided through special-interest politics-as-usual and bureaucracy
. T he Voluntary City reveals how the process of providing
local public goods through the dynamism of freely competitive,
market-based entrepreneurship is unmatched in renewing communities
and strengthening the bonds of civil society. |
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State of Governance : Delhi Citizen Handbook 2006 
The handbook is a compilation of more than
30 government departments, agencies, boards and issues that
ignite public debate in Delhi today. It hopes to further citizens'
understanding of the workings of the government. The Handbook
makes constructive and bold recommendations for improving
the quality and effectiveness of governance. |
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Ward Power: Decentralized Urban Governance
 Parth
J Shah & Makarand Bakore
The book focuses on the functioning of
urban municipalities. It attempts to provide answers to very
pertinent questions-'How can an ordinary citizen demand accountability
from the mighty Municipality in whose hands are vital services
like water, electricity supply, garbage removal, roads and
primary education? Where does the person go to have a say
in the decisions that affect the neighbourhood?' The book,
which is targeted at policy makers, urban planners and citizens
associations, suggests creating a local self-governance unit
at a level of a Ward for decentralized management. |
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Table of Contents / Complete Book |
State
of Governance : Jharkhand Citizen Handbook 2007
 The
handbook is an attempt to analyze in detail the
programs, budgets, personnel, and achievements of some of
the important ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs)
of the Jharkhand government. |
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Terracotta Reader : A Market Approach to the Environment
 Parth
J Shah & Vidisha Maitra
The book introduces the terracotta approach
to environmental management which involves changing of incentives
for preserving environment by restructuring ownership and
pricing of resources . It talks of giving communities property
right to natural resources which would achieve the dual objective
of the resource preservation and poverty alleviation.
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Law, Liberty and Livelihood: Making A Living On The Street
 Parth
J Shah & Naveen Mandava
A path - breaking study of what ails the
urban poor, with detailed analysis of laws, personal interviews,
field research, and case studies, the book shows that the
absence of economic freedom is the main source of urban poverty.
The study looks at state and municipal regulations to trace
their debilitating effects on the working class poor. By researching
issues at the ground level, the study details how these problems
are caused, and provides policy solutions to manage them.
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Economic Freedom of the World 2004
 Introduction
by Parth J Shah
Indian edition of the Economic Freedom of the World
2004 . originally published by The Fraser Institute in
Vancouver , Canada in association with more than fifty liberal
think tanks around the world.
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Morality of Markets
Edited by Parth
J Shah
 Morality
of Markets presents a unique compilation of essays by
distinguished economists, ethicists, and theologians
that explores the moral and ethical foundations of the
free market. The essay comprehensively address critical
issues ranging from the underlying ethics of voluntary
exchange, morality in commerce and corporation, the
immorality of state intervention, and the role of markets
in the teaching of major world religions. |
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BR Shenoy: Economic Prophecies
 Edited
by RK Amin & Parth J Shah
A collection of theoretical writings dating from
1932 to 1953, the time when B R Shenoy was studying
at the London School of Economics, till the Indian Republic
took its first steps on the road to economic development. |
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BR Shenoy: Theoretical Vision
 Edited
by RK Amin & Parth J Shah
A collection of Professor BR Shenoy's
popular writings challenging the Indian socialist system
and his theoretical contributions in two volumes. |
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Editor's
Note & Prologue |
State of Governance : Delhi Citizen Handbook 2003
 A compilation of studies of 25 agencies, boards,
corporations, and departments (ABCDs) of the government
of Delhi and Municipal Corporation of Delhi. |
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Complete Book |
Economic Freedom & Development
 Wolfgang
Kasper
An essay about property rights, economic
freedom, and prosperity. |
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Free Your Mind : A Beginner's guide to political economy
Sauvik Chakraverti
 The
book is targeted at the young to help them understand
how the politico-economic system works and make them
conversant with the essential errors of socialism. |
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Udarwad: Raj, Samaj aur Bazar ka Naya Paath
Sauvik Chakraverti
 The
book is Hindi edition of Free your mind by Sauvik Chakraverti. Targeted at the young to help them understand
how the politico-economic system works and make them
conversant with the essential errors of socialism. |
| Complete Book |
Profiles in Courage: Dissent on Indian Socialism
Parth J Shah
 A
compendium on the lone voices of liberalism and economic
freedom, including those of Minoo Masani, Rajaji , N
G Ranga, B R Shenoy, Piloo Mody, Khasa Subba Rau and
A D Shroff during the era of socialist command. |
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 Money, Market, Marketwallahs
- Essays on Free Banking, Civil-Society Capitalism
FA Hayek, BR Shenoy, R K Amin
The book discusses capitalism, free
banking, and the lives and contributions of B R Shenoy
and F A Hayek. |
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set of articles that Milton Friedman wrote on the Indian
economy during his visits to India in the fifties and
sixties critiquing the policies of planning and correctly
predicting their disastrous results.
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How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship,
and Discovery
 Israel
M Kirzner
It
deals with the market as a process, competition as a
discovery procedure, and entrepreneurship as the engine
of economic growth. |
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Self Regulation in the Civil Society
 Ashok
V Desai
It explores voluntary alternatives to state regulation
for assuring quality and safety of goods and services.
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Kissan Bole Chhe(Gujarati)- The Farmer Speaks
 R
K Amin
CCS
first publication in an Indian language, Gujarati. It
is the story of India 's agricultural policy, as told
by a simple Indian farmer.
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Agenda for Change : Action Plan for the Economy
 Bibek
Debroy&Parth
J Shah
Jointly
published with the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary
Studies, it provides a set of policy solutions for various
areas from education to financial markets. |
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