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This article uses organization theory and political economy to develop a conceptual framework, for analyzing factors that shape relations between government agencies and their social environment. The framework conceptualizes these relations as social networks composed of actors engaged in the exchange of resources. Then, it develops an understanding of how cultural norms shape these exchanges. The article concludes by examining the framework's normative implications. In particular, it explores when agency autonomy promotes effective policy implementation and when it results in unaccountability. It also demonstrates that, in many cases, an agency's dependence on actors in its environment may enhance the effectiveness of policy implementation.

Der Vergleich zweier öffentlicher Beschäftigungsprogramme (Maharashtra, Westbengalen) belegt: Effektive Armutsbekämpfung verlangt grundlegenden sozialen Wandel und daher Trennung der Implementierung von der die traditionelle Sozialstruktur repräsentierenden offiziellen Politik. (DSE/DÜI)

Drawing on organization theory & political economy, a framework for analyzing factors that shape relations between government agencies & their social environment is developed that conceptualizes these relations as social networks composed of actors engaged in the exchange of resources. The influence of cultural norms on these exchanges is considered, along with the framework's normative implications, exploring when agency autonomy promotes effective policy implementation & when it results in unaccountability. It is demonstrated that, in many cases, an agency's dependence on actors in its environment may enhance the effectiveness of policy implementation. 2 Figures, 105 References. Adapted from the source document.

The expense and administration of entitlement programmes usually are considered too burdensome for Third World countries. The author discusses an entitlement programme in Maharashtra - the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) - which entitles any rural resident of this state to a job and fulfils this guarantee by creating a system of public works designed to promote rural development. Bases of political support for the EGS. (DÜI-Sen)

This text investigates how people construct meaning and motivation for political action. Building on Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph's seminal scholarship of India, it develops the concept of situated knowledge to argue that people's capacity to empathize and dehumanize as well as their engagement in ongoing discourses and ideational power shape their political action. The volume illuminates contemporary Indian politics by showing how political leadership can transform people's understandings and cause dramatic political transformation.