Local Government in India-II

Paper Code: 
Pol 614
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper focuses on the conceptualization and working of urban local government in India. Local Government and politics in urban India has an appreciable say in the processes of democratic decentralized governance. The course intends to generate familiarity with the issues of politics involved in managing socio-economic development through urban local institutions. The paper also deals with the 74th Constitutional Amendment as an important milestone in the movement towards greater urban local autonomy.

The objectives of this course are to:

 

1. Make learners familiarise with emergence and significance of decentralisation in Indian political system.

2. Acquaint the students with the functioning and structure of local government in India.

 

                                               Course Objectives (CO)

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

 

POL 614

 

 

Local Government in India-II

CO113: Able to analyze and understand the historical evolution of the Urban Local Government system in India.

CO114: Analyze complex administrative set up in municipal  areas of India; apply independent judgment for analyzing  the problems in such set ups and discuss the rational decisions for conducting social enquiry in a wider theoretical, practical and policy context of Public governance.

CO116: Evaluate the requirement and significance of Constitutional Provisions and develop a sense of inquiry and capability for asking relevant and intelligent questions and develop problem solving abilities in local affairs.

Approach in teaching

 

Lecture, Power point presentations ,Classroom discussions and Virtual Displays

 

Feedback  through class discussions

 

Pictorial presentations through  Power point  and other virtual tools

 

Class discussions through presentations and case studies

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

Online Quiz

 

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

The concept of Local Government in a welfare state

Patterns of Urban Local Government -Composition, Structures & Powers

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

74th Amendment and Urban Local Government

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

Urban Local Finances

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Personnel Administration

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

State Control over these bodies

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Awasthi and Maheshwari,(2017), Public Administration: Theory and Practice, Agra,Lakshmi Narain Agarwal
  • Bhagwan,V., & Bhushan ,V.,,(2010) ,Public Administration ,New Delhi,S Chand
  • Maheshwari,S.R.,(2017), Local Government in India,Agra, Lakshmi Narayan Agarwal

 

References: 
  • Edwin,B.F., (1984), Principles of Personnel Management, 6th edition,Singapore, McGraw Hill
  • Goel,S.L,(2002), Financial Administration,  NewDelhi,Deep and Deep publications.
  • Goel,S.L,(2002), Public Personnel Administration,New Delhi, Deep and Deep publications
  • Mourice,W.C.,(1968),Theory and Practice of Personnel Management, London,Heinemann
  • Daiv E.K., Public Personnel Management, IPMA, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, New Jeresy,1986.
  • Gautum,P.N.,(1993), Financial Administration in India,Chandigarh, Vitt Prashan, Haryana Sahitya Academy, Chandigarh

 

Academic Year: 
2020-21
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