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_d164242
020 _a0415348617 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a320.954
_bMIT/T
100 1 _aMitra, Subrata Kumar,
245 1 4 _aThe puzzle of India's governance: culture, context, and comparative theory
_cSubrata K. Mitra.
260 _aLondon
_a; New York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2006.
300 _axix, 326 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-322) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : a comparative theory of governance -- Measuring governance : a design for empirical inquiry -- The institutional arrangement of governance : structure and the formation of the state in India -- The regional context of governance : six analytic narratives -- Policing and strategic reform : culture, context and welfare in the organisation of order -- The agency of public institutions : leaders, administrators, and governance -- Modern state and pre-modern identities : culture and governance in changing societies -- Negotiating governance in changing societies : beyond the Indian model.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government
942 _cWB16