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Handbook on New Public Governance
 Parth J Shah and Makarand Bakore
The handbook offers a spectrum of choicest of articles that capture the essence of good governance. The rich menu has insightful contributions on New Public Management, decentralisation, participation, accountability and e-governance. Illustrative case studies on public-private partnerships exemplify sustainable service delivery models worldwide. This digest is a swift route to grasping the fundamentals of governance for politicians, administrators, civil society members and students.
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Voluntary City  David T Bieto, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok
The book assembles a rich history and analysis of large-scale, private and voluntary, community-based provision of social services, urban infrastructure, and community governance to restore the vitality of city life. Such systems provide education, transportation, housing, crime control, parks and recreation, health care, employment, and more, by being more effective, innovative, and responsive than those provided through special-interest politics-as-usual and bureaucracy . T he Voluntary City reveals how the process of providing local public goods through the dynamism of freely competitive, market-based entrepreneurship is unmatched in renewing communities and strengthening the bonds of civil society. |
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State of Governance : Delhi Citizen Handbook 2006 
The handbook is a compilation of more than 30 government departments, agencies, boards and issues that ignite public debate in Delhi today. It hopes to further citizens' understanding of the workings of the government. The Handbook makes constructive and bold recommendations for improving the quality and effectiveness of governance. |
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Ward Power: Decentralized Urban Governance
 Parth J Shah & Makarand Bakore
The book focuses on the functioning of urban municipalities. It attempts to provide answers to very pertinent questions-'How can an ordinary citizen demand accountability from the mighty Municipality in whose hands are vital services like water, electricity supply, garbage removal, roads and primary education? Where does the person go to have a say in the decisions that affect the neighbourhood?' The book, which is targeted at policy makers, urban planners and citizens associations, suggests creating a local self-governance unit at a level of a Ward for decentralized management. |
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of Governance : Jharkhand Citizen Handbook
 The handbook is a first ever attempt to analyze in detail the programs, budgets, personnel, and achievements of some of the important ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) of the Jharkhand government. |
Terracotta Reader : A Market Approach to the Environment
 Parth J Shah & Vidisha Maitra
The book introduces the terracotta approach to environmental management which involves changing of incentives for preserving environment by restructuring ownership and pricing of resources . It talks of giving communities property right to natural resources which would achieve the dual objective of the resource preservation and poverty alleviation. |
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Law, Liberty and Livelihood: Making A Living On The Street
 Parth J Shah & Naveen Mandava
A path - breaking study of what ails the urban poor, with detailed analysis of laws, personal interviews, field research, and case studies, the book shows that the absence of economic freedom is the main source of urban poverty. The study looks at state and municipal regulations to trace their debilitating effects on the working class poor. By researching issues at the ground level, the study details how these problems are caused, and provides policy solutions to manage them. |
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Economic Freedom of the World 2004
 Introduction by Parth J Shah
Indian edition of the Economic Freedom of the World 2004 . originally published by The Fraser Institute in Vancouver , Canada in association with more than fifty liberal think tanks around the world.
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Morality of Markets
 Morality of Markets presents a unique compilation of essays by distinguished economists, ethicists, and theologians that explores the moral and ethical foundations of the free market. The essay comprehensively address critical issues ranging from the underlying ethics of voluntary exchange, morality in commerce and corporation, the immorality of state intervention, and the role of markets in the teaching of major world religions. |
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BR Shenoy: Economic Prophecies
 Edited by RK Amin & Parth J Shah
A collection of theoretical writings dating from 1932 to 1953, the time when B R Shenoy was studying at the London School of Economics, till the Indian Republic took its first steps on the road to economic development.
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BR Shenoy: Theoretical Vision
 Edited by RK Amin & Parth J Shah
A collection of Professor BR Shenoy's popular writings challenging the Indian socialist system and his theoretical contributions in two volumes. |
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State of Governance : Delhi Citizen Handbook 2003
A compilation of studies of 25 agencies, boards, corporations, and departments (ABCDs) of the government of Delhi and Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
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Economic Freedom & Development
 Wolfgang Kasper
An essay about property rights, economic freedom, and prosperity.
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Free Your Mind : A Beginner's guide to political economy
Sauvik Chakraverti
 The book is targeted at the young to help them understand how the politico-economic system works and make them conversant with the essential errors of socialism. |
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Profiles in Courage: Dissent on Indian Socialism
Parth J Shah
 A compendium on the lone voices of liberalism and economic freedom, including those of Minoo Masani, Rajaji , N G Ranga, B R Shenoy, Piloo Mody, Khasa Subba Rau and A D Shroff during the era of socialist command.
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 Money, Market, Marketwallahs - Essays on Free Banking, Civil-Society Capitalism FA Hayek, BR Shenoy, R K Amin
The book discusses capitalism, free banking, and the lives and contributions of B R Shenoy and F A Hayek. |
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 A set of articles that Milton Friedman wrote on the Indian economy during his visits to India in the fifties and sixties critiquing the policies of planning and correctly predicting their disastrous results.
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How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship, and Discovery
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 It deals with the market as a process, competition as a discovery procedure, and entrepreneurship as the engine of economic growth.
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| Self Regulation in the Civil Society |
 Ashok V Desai
It explores voluntary alternatives to state regulation for assuring quality and safety of goods and services. |
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| Kissan Bole Chhe(Gujarati)- The Farmer Speaks |
R K Amin |
 CCS first publication in an Indian language, Gujarati. It is the story of India 's agricultural policy, as told by a simple Indian farmer.
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| Agenda for Change : Action Plan for the Economy |
| Bibek Debroy&Parth J Shah |
 Jointly published with the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, it provides a set of policy solutions for various areas from education to financial markets.
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