{"product_id":"good-governance-democratic-societies-and-globalisation","title":"Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalisation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Surendra Munshi\u003cbr\u003eBiju Paul Abraham\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Surendra Munshi \/ Biju Paul Abraham\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 408\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761998489\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book discusses good governance in democratic societies in the context of globalisation from a cross-cultural perspective. India and the European Union - democratic unions representing old histories, rich cultures and new aspirations - are viewed comparatively in order to assess what they can learn from each other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors pursue a comparative perspective as evident from the effort to bring together scholars from India and Europe…. Comparison is complemented by a cross-disciplinary approach with journalists, management experts, sociologists and economists coming together to provide a rich and inimitable fare.\u003cbr\u003e-The Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays recognize the plurality of actors involved in the process of governance and address more specifically the substance of governance. They transcend the narrow techno-economic blueprint that the World Bank provides and make a critique of this ideology.\u003cbr\u003e-The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays by a number of scholars from India and Europe addresses economic, political and social issues of great contemporary significance. The most attractive feature of the volume is the comparative and inter-disciplinary approach which gives it its distinctive orientation. Munshi and Abraham have held diverse but important themes together in an exemplary manner.\u003cbr\u003e-Andre Beteille, Chairman, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION SURENDRA MUNSHI AND BIJU PAUL ABRAHAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI THE SOCIETAL CONTEXT OF GOVERNANCE: Concern for Good Governance in Comparative Perspective SURENDRA MUNSHI\u003cbr\u003ePolicy without Politics: Social, Cultural and Linguistic Affairs in the European Union ABRAM DE SWAAN\u003cbr\u003eGovernance and Democracy: Reflections on the European Debate ANGELA LIBERATORE\u003cbr\u003eNational Differences and the Rethinking of Social Democracy: Third Ways in Europe LUKE MARTELL\u003cbr\u003eGood Governance, Market-Friendly Globalisation and the Changing Space of State Intervention: The Case of India ANUP SINHA\u003cbr\u003eIndia: From Developmental to Predator State PREM SHANKAR JHA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS: Administrative Reform in India and Europe: A Comparative Perspective BIJU PAUL ABRAHAM\u003cbr\u003ePolicy Change in Public-Sector Reforms in Comparative Perspective: Between Convergence and Divergence HELLMUT WOLLMANN\u003cbr\u003eAdministrative Reform in Germany: Learning from European Experiences MANFRED ROEBER\u003cbr\u003eAdministrative Reform in India: Policy Prescriptions and Outcomes KULDEEP MATHUR\u003cbr\u003eGovernance Reforms in India: Responsible Civil Servants’ View from the Inside V K AGNIHOTRI and R K DAR\u003cbr\u003eNGOs as Partners in the Process of ‘Reform’: Are They the Yogis or the Bhogis of Development? VITHAL RAJAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Good Corporate Governance in the Global Economy: What is at Issue? DARRYL REED\u003cbr\u003eCorporate Governance Systems: An Integrative Model and Implications for India ANJU SETH\u003cbr\u003eRole of Government in the Financial Services Industry in the European Union: An International Perspective PAOLA DE VINCENTIIS\u003cbr\u003eConvergence of Divergences: The Changing Legal Frameworks, Free Market Ideology and Corporate Reorganisation in German Enterprises RUDI SCHMIDT\u003cbr\u003eThe Emergence and Viability of Participatory Firms PETER ABELL and DIANE REYNIERS\u003cbr\u003eIssues in Corporate Governance in India ASISH K BHATTACHARYYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Surendra Munshi \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153691472240,"sku":"15291","price":46.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/15291.jpg?v=1793912657","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/good-governance-democratic-societies-and-globalisation","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}