State and Participatory Goveranance in North East India

Participatory governance focuses on deepening democratic engagement through the participation of citizens in the processes of governance of the state. In this citizens should play a more direct role in public decision-making or at least engage more deeply with political issues. Keeping in view of this, National Seminar on State and Participatory Governance with a focus to Northeast India, interested scholars wre invited to write Seminar Papers. So this book is the product of the academic interactions mainly on governance issues by different scholars. There ae sixteen papers dealing with various issues relating to governance with special focus on India Northeast. The book will be very useful for the policy makers, administrator, teachers and research scholars. (jacket)