000			01715nam a2200169Ia 4500
020			_a978-0-19-568966-2
082			_a354.0954 PUB
100			_aKapur, Devesh.; Mehta, Bhanu
245			_aPublic institutions in India : performance and design
260			_bOxford University Press _aNew Delhi _c2006
300			_aix, 491 p. _b21 cm ; Hard
500			_aGratis Rs.550/-
505			_a1. Explaining Democratic Durability and Economic Performance: The Role of India's Institutions 2. The Indian Parliament 3. The Presidency 4. Institutions of Internal Accountability 5. India's Judiciary: The Promise of Uncertainty 6. The Police in India: Design, Performance, and Adaptability 7. Civil Service: An Institutional Perspective 8. Reserve Bank of India: A Study in the Separation and Attrition of Powers 9. India's Federal Institutions and Economic Reform 10. New Regulatory Institutions in India: White Knights or Trojan Horses? 11. A Rising Tide of Demands: India's Public Institutions and the Democratic Revolution
520			_aThe modern state secures legitimacy and carries out its tasks of governance and development through a diverse range of institutions. This volume analytically assesses the design, performance, and adaptability of the principla institutions of governance in India and their critical role in a democractic polity. It is axiomatic that societies are well governed and well organized to the extent that their public institutions can adequately managing the demands imposed on them. In India, it is commonly held that a modest record in development and governance is explained by the somewhat limited utility of many public institutions.
650			_aPublic Administration
942			_cBK
999			_c98548 _d98548