The Puzzle of India's Governance : Culture, Context and Comparative Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415467308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 346 str.

K. Mitra Subrata

Opis

Mitra examines how India has been able to sustain democratic governance while undergoing substantial social, economic and political changes through a neo-institutional rational choice model of governance, bounded by local culture and context.

Spis treści

Introduction: A Comparative Theory of Governance.  Measuring Governance: A Design for Empirical Enquiry.  The Institutional Arrangement of Governance: Structure and Formation of the State in India.  The Regional Context of Governance: Six Analytic Narratives.  Policing and Governance: Culture and Context in the Organisation of Order.  The Agency of Public Institutions: Leaders, Administrators and Governance.  Modern State and Pre-Modern Identities: Governing Culture in Changing Societies.  Negotiating Governance in Changing Societies: Beyond the Indian Model.  Bibliography of Texts Cited.  Appendix 1: Elite Questionnaire with Marginals

O autorze

Subrata K. Mitra