PART 1: Institutions and Actors
Chapter 1: Introduction: Environmental Policy in India
Natalia Ciecierska-Holmes, Kirsten Jörgensen, Lana Laura Ollier, D. Raghunandan
Chapter 2: Environmental Competencies in India's Federal System

Winfried Swenden, Rekha Saxena
Chapter3: The Role India’s States Play in Environmental Policymaking
Kirsten Jörgensen
Chapter 4: Civil Society and State Interaction in Environment Policy in India
Sunayana Ganguly

PART 2: Environmental Policy Subsystems in India

Chapter 5: Forest Governance in India: Achieving Balance within a Complex Policy Subsystem
Smriti Das
Chapter 6: India: Dilemmas of Water Governance
Joyeeta Gupta, Richa Tyagi
Chapter 7: Sustainable Energy: Prospects and Challenges

Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Madhura Joshi, Rainer Quitzow

Chapter 8: Factors Shaping the Climate Policy Process in India
Denise Fernandes, Kirsten Jörgensen, N.C. Narayanan
Chapter 9: Smart Sustainable Cities
Shaleen Singhal, Sourabh Jain

PART 3: India within the Context of Global Environmental Governance

Chapter 10: Factors shaping India’s International Climate Policy
D. Raghunandan

Chapter 11: India’s relations with the European Union on environmental policy
Diarmuid Torney
Chapter 12: Environmental politics in India: Institutions, Actors and Environmental Governance
Natalia Ciecierska Holmes, Kirsten Jörgensen
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This book systematically introduces historical trajectories and dynamics of environmental policy and governance in India.
Following the features of environmental policy in India as outlined in Chapter 1, subsequent chapters explore domestic and international factors that shape environmental policy in the country. The chapters examine the interplay between governmental and non-governmental actors, and the influence of social mobilisation and institutions on environmental policy and governance. Analysing various policy trajectories, the chapters identify and explore five central environmental policy subsystems: forests, water, climate, energy and city development. The authors drill down into the social, economic, political and ecological dimensions of each system, shedding light on why striking a balance between national economic growth and environmental sustainability is so challenging.
Drawing on political science theories of policy processes and related theoretical concepts, this innovative edited volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental policy and politics and South Asian studies more broadly.