Capturing Institutional Change The Case of the Right to Information Act in India

by Jha, Himanshu; Mukherjee, Rahul; Mitra, Subrata K.; Jha, Raghbendra

• ISBN13: 9780190124786
• ISBN10: 0190124784
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-01-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Himanshu Jha, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University,Rahul Mukherjee, Director, Department of Political Science, Heidelberg University,Subrata K. Mitra, Professor, Department of Political Science, Heidelberg University,Raghbendra Jha, Executive Director, South Asia Research Centre, Australian National University

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 lies in the area of institutional change, governance, distributive politics, state capacity, bureaucratic culture and the politics of climate change.

Table of 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