Introduction: A Comparative Theory of Governance. Measuring Governance: A Design for Empirical Enquiry. The Instittional Arrangement of Governance: Structure and Formation of the State in India. The Regional Context of Governance: Six Analytic Narratives. Policing and Governance: Culture and Context in the Organisation of Order. The Agency of Public Institutions: Leaders, Administrators and Governance. Modern State and Pre-Modern Identities: Governing Culture in Changing Societies. Negotiating Governance in Changing Societies: Beyond the Indian Model. Bibliography of Texts Cited. Appendix 1: Elite Questionnaire with Marginals
University of Heidelberg, Germany.
'Mitra's work deserves attention for its use of a range of
methodological approaches that substantiate the argument that
instead of having a segmented polity, a federalizing India provides
an ideal environment for undertaking a comparative analysis based
on one nation, many unit's sampling frame provided that the units
are autonomous and homogeneous for the purpose of the study and
that the cases are selected in a manner that minimises bias'. -
Seminar'The present work should enable the comparativists to become
familiar with sophisticated analytical and statistical research
tools, as also encourage the sceptics to rethink state politics
from a governance perspective.' - Seminar
'Mitra's work deserves attention for its use of a range of
methodological approaches that substantiate the argument that
instead of having a segmented polity, a federalizing India provides
an ideal environment for undertaking a comparative analysis based
on one nation, many unit's sampling frame provided that the units
are autonomous and homogeneous for the purpose of the study and
that the cases are selected in a manner that minimises bias'. -
Seminar'The present work should enable the comparativists to become
familiar with sophisticated analytical and statistical research
tools, as also encourage the sceptics to rethink state politics
from a governance perspective.' - Seminar
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