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100 _aMukhopadhyay, Asok
245 _aPolitics and bureaucracy in urban governance: The Indian experience
260 _c1996
300 _ap.32-47.
362 _aJan-Mar
520 _aGiving background of structural patterns of urban governance in India and its broad features, the author focuses on analysing roles of municipal bureaucracy and the elected councillors to provide an appreciation of councillor-bureaucrat interface drawing support from findings of some of the well-known recent empirical studies on the subject. Making a comparative assessment of different systems of urban governance vis-a-vis urban politics, he presents advantages of the Mayor-in-Council system based on its success in handling urban politics in Calcutta. - Reproduced.
650 _aCivil service - India - West Bengal
650 _aMunicipal officials and employees - India - West Bengal
650 _aLocal government
773 _aIndian Journal of Public Administration
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909 _a31768
999 _c31768
_d31768