Water, democracy and neoliberalism in India : the power to reform /
Since the early 1990s, the achievement of 'good governance' has been a dominant discourse in the pursuit of social and economic development. This book presents a critical challenge to the contemporary development paradigm of good governance.Based on original ethnographic fieldwork on urban...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2013
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;
70. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Since the early 1990s, the achievement of 'good governance' has been a dominant discourse in the pursuit of social and economic development. This book presents a critical challenge to the contemporary development paradigm of good governance.Based on original ethnographic fieldwork on urban water governance reforms in south India (Karnataka), the book examines the two propositions that underlie the current good governance debate. The first refers to a claim that good governance is both democratic and pro-market. The second to the claim that commercially-oriented water services, whether private. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1135040923 9781135040925 9780203787212 0203787218 9781135040918 1135040915 |
| Access: | Legal Deposit; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. |
