The roots of ill-governance and corruption

Santhakumar, V. (2015) The roots of ill-governance and corruption. SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi. ISBN 9789351500599

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Abstract

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the motivation behind corruption and ill-governance in countries, such as India. It presents a sound theoretical structure outlining the journey through various phases of elitism, counter-elitism, competitive populism, and, finally, good governance. The political willingness to bring in good governance, the book argues, depends on the electoral importance of the middle classes. Ironically, however, such a middle class emerges out of the policies of distributing private goods, including education, facilitated through counter-elite capture and competitive populism. This book emphasises that despite the emergence of the middle class in India as a whole, during the last two decades, their percentage and role in many states are currently limited. The continuation of high levels of ill-governance and corruption is explained here in terms of the role they play in shaping the central government, and also many state governments in India.

Item Type:	Book
Authors:	Santhakumar, V.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Development studies, Government & Governance, Corruption
Subjects:	Social sciences > Social services;Associations
Divisions:	Azim Premji University > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
Related URLs:	http://library.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.... Google Scholar
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1802
Publisher URL:	https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/the-roots-of-ill-...

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