Subject(s): Decentralization in government -- Public administration -- Human Rights -- privatization -- Historical roots of regional variations in performance of local institutions of development, decentralization in India, decentralization and representative administration- concepts and utility, decentralization of power through Panchayati raj institution -- District administration and Panchayati raj institutions interface, democratic decentralization and empowerment of people- functioning of Panchayati raj institutions in Uttar Pradesh, decentralization- role of state in context of development, decentralized planning in India, two approaches to participatory irrigation management - reforming irrigation in India, managing droughts in India, decentralized urban governance perspectives in Mizoram, legislative framework of grassroot democratic institutions, approaches and strategies for women empowerment, women empowerment- some reflections, women in Panchayati raj institutions- need of capacity building, emerging women leadership in Zilla parishad - case study of Keojhar zilla parishad in Orissa, political empowerment of tribal women- empirical perspective -- Good corporate governance, good governance and empowerment of women - case study in urban Haryana, good governance some issues, issues of good governance in ancient India, governance to good governance - reforms, power, leadership and good governance, conceptualizing good governance under new economic policy of India, governance and development- new perspectives of development ethics, good governance and decentralization, Panchayati raj- experiences of a decade and task ahead, development in globalized context- Gandhian perspective, public governance - selected bibliography