Good Governance : Concept and Approaches
Contents: Preface. 1. Emanation of the concept of good governance in modern world. 2. Good governance: ancient Indian politico-cultural heritage with emphasis on Kautilyan philosophy of good governance. 3. Good governance: the western approach and the U.K. experience. 4. Good governance: the situation in modern India. 5. Good governance: ethical approach and citizen\'s charter needed for public accountability. 6. Good governance needs logical approach, not political verbosity. 7. Reinventing the process of governance (working of government) and ensuring political stability for good governance. 8. Efficient and effective law and order: the basic precondition for good governance. 9. Good governance and administrative law: the need, problems and prospects of openness and transparency. 10. Respect for human rights and the process of public audit: the key of good governance. 11. Political reforms: the basic need for real good governance. 12. Administrative innovations for development programmes: vital recommendations of administrative reform commission for good governance. 13. Role of Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) in good governance. 14. Administrative reforms: an imperative need for good governance. 15. Need to learn from experiences of Commonwealth and advanced industrial countries and guidelines of the World Bank regarding civil service reforms. 16. Need and nature of new public management for good governance. 17. Need to associate extra governmental organisations for good governance. 18. Action plan for an effective and responsive government. Bibliography. Index.
"Good governance is a dynamic concept and it encompasses fast changing political, social and economic milieu along with international environment and conditions of operational governance. This book is an effort to provide basic knowledge about the concept and its ingredients.
This book Good Governance: Concept and Approaches, the first of its kind, claims to be most comprehensive and lays down the basic concepts as required to be understood by scholars, specialists as well as citizens of India." (jacket)
