Sustainable good governance, development and democracy. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: N. Bhaskara Rao.
• Authors: Bhaskara Rao, N, 1940-
• Contents: Foreword by Subhash C. Kashyap; Preface; Seven Decades of Republic; Whither Seven Decades of Planned Development?; Decline in Party Politics; Country of Contradictions; Pillars of the Republic; Cost of Parliamentary Democracy; Options and Alternatives; Understanding Linkages; Power to People; Differentiating Parties; A Development Paradigm; Good Governance, Not Rhetoric; Origins of Good Governance as a Concept; Different Perspectives; Distinguishing Features of Governance; Good Governance: Compulsions and Characteristics; Sustaining Development; Some Differentiating and Inhibiting Factors; Proof of Pudding Indicators; Pillars of the Republic; Political Parties; Declining Legislatures?; The Executive/Civil Services/Bureaucracy; Justice System and the Judiciary; Basic Dilemma of the Fourth Estate; Civil Society: Is It Not the Fifth Pillar?; Education: A Differentiator; ICT: The Double Edger; Facilitators and Destabilisers; Negating Trends of Governance; Is Government a Continuing One?; Corruption—Public Face of Good Governance!; NITI Ayog: The New Commission?; Dampening Trends; Desh Badal Raha Hai, Not Our Leaders; Prajala Vaddaku Palana (Government at the Doorsteps); Most Sought-after Public Services; Hire- and Fire-based Appointments; Institutions Sustain Governance; Not Without a Future Outlook; Slogans Could as Well Be the Mantras; Rights Regime; Rights Regime and Mechanisms; Basic Public Services for Good Governance; Six Pillars of the State; Dilemma of Right to Education; RTI Crying Out for Revival; Could There Be a Formula to Go About?; Initiatives and Instruments; Is Having a Vision Not Good Governance?; It’s a Six-pronged Pursuit; ICT—A Differentiator; Big Change with Citizen Initiatives; Networking; Systems and Institutions Are Important; Education Route—A Sure Bet; Independent Research and Training; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.954; Economic development -- India; India -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789352808120
• Related ISBNs: 9789352808113
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