Governance and Governed Multi-Country Perspectives on State, Society
Building, largely, on insights from India, and case studies in Brazil, China, and South Africa, this book provides insights into the contested topic of ‘governance and governed’ from a state–society inter-relationship perspective. It argues that the centr
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Governance and Governed Multi-country Perspectives on State, Society and Development
Governance and Governed
Madhushree Sekher S. Parasuraman Ruth Kattumuri •
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Governance and Governed Multi-country Perspectives on State, Society and Development
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Editors Madhushree Sekher Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai India
Ruth Kattumuri India Observatory London School of Economics and Political Science London UK
S. Parasuraman Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai India
ISBN 978-981-10-5962-9 ISBN 978-981-10-5963-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5963-6
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In Memory of Professor Chandan Sengupta
The governance discourse has been dominated by a language of apparent rationality with implications that have not always been unpacked or spelt out. Although the term governance has much currency, it is more easily used than defined. This volume seeks to unpack meanings, actions, processes and institutions in the discourse on governance, not deductively but through grounded, interpretive accounts of country experiences to interpret how various driving forces shape governance practices. Keeping this in view, two authors’ workshops were organised by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, to deliberate on emerging issues pertaining to ‘governance and governed’. The authors’ workshops brought together scholars from different c
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