This Subject Includes

  • Course No: HS 127
  • Course: B.Tech
  • Semester: III
  • Title: Principles of Governance
  • Stream: Political Science
  • Governance: theoretical roots of governance; World Bank-s definition of governance, three basic principles of governance: efficiency, accountability and transparency; UNDP-s eight indicators- of good governance, World Bank-s seven formulations; decentralization of governance; local governance; environmental governance; e-governance; multi-level governance; marketization; public-private partnership; social capital, communitization and social constructivism; good governance and administrative reforms in India.

    Texts:

    1. B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya, The Governance Discourse: A Reader , Oxford, 2008.

    2. M. Bevir, Key Concepts in Governance, Sage, 2009.

    References:

    1. V. Chhotray, Governance Theory and Practice , Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008.

    2. World Bank, Governance and Development, Washington DC, 1992.