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100			_aPathak, vidyadhar
245			_aWould decentralisation have made a difference?
260			_c2005
300			_ap.3902-904.
362			_a3 Sep
520			_aMumbai needs governance of a different kind, decentralised to a local level and run by individuals more clearly answerable for their local performance, rather than being run by ministers who have state-wide responsibilities and constituencies. This article describes current planning procedures, and looks at a Canadian alternative based on public participation, consensus building and a devolution of local planning to local authorities. It also suggests that the mayor-in-council system of governance, successfully pursued in Kolkata, might have produced a more effective response to the disaster. - Reproduced.
650			_aDecentralization - India - Maharashtra
650			_aDecentralization
700			_aPatel, Shirish
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
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