Capturing Institutional Change
The Case of the Right to Information Act in India
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9780190124786
Publication date:
18/08/2020
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344 pages
Price: 1695.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780190124786
Publication date:
18/08/2020
Hardback
344 pages
Himanshu Jha
This is the first book in the Institutions and Development in South Asia series. It studies the historical institutionalism in the information regime in India by presenting an alternative narrative about the evolution of the RTI Act.
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Himanshu Jha
Description
Institutions are norms that undergird organizations and are reflected in laws and practices. Over time, institutions take root and persist as they are path-dependent and thus change-resistant. Therefore, it is puzzling when institutions change. One such puzzle has been the enactment of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India in 2005, which brought about institutional change by transforming the 'information regime'. Why did the government upend the norm of secrecy, which had historically been entrenched within the Indian State? This book uses archival material, internal government documents, and interviews to understand the why and how of institutional change. It demonstrates that the institutional change resulted from 'ideas' emerging gradually and incrementally, leading to a 'tipping point'.
About the IDSA Series: This series interrogates the interplay between globalization, the state, and social forces in the making and un-making of institutions in South Asia. Why do institutions persist and change? Do we need to transcend materialism and dwell in ideas and culture as well to understand why institutions perform and fail?
The first book in the Institutions and Development in South Asia series, this volume studies the historical institutionalism in the information regime in India by presenting an alternative narrative about the evolution of the RTI Act.
About the author
Himanshu Jha is with the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute at the Heidelberg University. Jha's most recent research explores the why, how, and what of institutional change. His current research interests lie in the area of institutional change, governance, distributive politics, state capacity, bureaucratic culture and the politics of climate change.
Himanshu Jha
Table of contents
Contents
Series Introduction
Introduction
1. Nascent Ideas to Embedded Norms: Ideational Churning Within the State
2. Changing State Thinking: Policy Movement Towards Right To Information
3. Constitutional Interpretation by the Judiciary: Right to Know Inherent In Article 19 (1) (A)
4. Social and Political Processes of State and Society: Progressive Ideas and the Emergence of Epistemic Community
5. Do Global Norms Matter?
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Himanshu Jha
Features
Selling points
- Presents an alternative history of the evolution of RTI specifically and about the right-based legislations in India generally
- Uses historical institutionalism, layering, and tipping point to explain institutional change, which has not been used by scholars working on South Asia
- Institutional change has mostly been discussed in the context of economic change, this book applies it to the realm of social rights
Himanshu Jha
Description
Institutions are norms that undergird organizations and are reflected in laws and practices. Over time, institutions take root and persist as they are path-dependent and thus change-resistant. Therefore, it is puzzling when institutions change. One such puzzle has been the enactment of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India in 2005, which brought about institutional change by transforming the 'information regime'. Why did the government upend the norm of secrecy, which had historically been entrenched within the Indian State? This book uses archival material, internal government documents, and interviews to understand the why and how of institutional change. It demonstrates that the institutional change resulted from 'ideas' emerging gradually and incrementally, leading to a 'tipping point'.
About the IDSA Series: This series interrogates the interplay between globalization, the state, and social forces in the making and un-making of institutions in South Asia. Why do institutions persist and change? Do we need to transcend materialism and dwell in ideas and culture as well to understand why institutions perform and fail?
The first book in the Institutions and Development in South Asia series, this volume studies the historical institutionalism in the information regime in India by presenting an alternative narrative about the evolution of the RTI Act.
About the author
Himanshu Jha is with the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute at the Heidelberg University. Jha's most recent research explores the why, how, and what of institutional change. His current research interests lie in the area of institutional change, governance, distributive politics, state capacity, bureaucratic culture and the politics of climate change.
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Contents
Series Introduction
Introduction
1. Nascent Ideas to Embedded Norms: Ideational Churning Within the State
2. Changing State Thinking: Policy Movement Towards Right To Information
3. Constitutional Interpretation by the Judiciary: Right to Know Inherent In Article 19 (1) (A)
4. Social and Political Processes of State and Society: Progressive Ideas and the Emergence of Epistemic Community
5. Do Global Norms Matter?
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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