Decentralisation in India: Towards ‘Localism’ or ‘Regionalism’?

This paper offers a commentary on what decentralisation has come to mean in India, based on recent research conducted in Kerala, one of the southern states. In particular, the paper discusses the tensions between ‘regionalism’ and ‘localism’. It begins with a brief outline of how decentralisation is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deepak Gopinath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2009-11-01
Series:Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/1358