*Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
**Associate Professor & Head, Department of Political Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Online published on 20 June, 2019.
The first sign of a healthy democracy decisions are made by the people who are most affected by them. decentralization is a prime mechanism through which democracy becomes truly representative and responsive. Further, the effectiveness of development administration depends on two interrelated factors.: (1) the capacity of the administrative system to bring about, sustain and strengthen goal-oriented change in the socio-economic institutions and (2) the level and quality of people's participation in the formulation and implementation of developmental policies and programmes. The strength of participation, in turn, depends on the ability of the people to participate, their willingness to involve themselves in the change-process, and the opportunities provided to them to participate in the process of self-governance.
