Democracy and transparency in the Indian state: The making of the Right to Information Act

Democracy and Transparency in the Indian State: The Making of the Right to Information Act

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-238

  Sharma, Prashant ^a,b,c  

^a OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^b United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84942058362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315754383     Document Type: Book

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