1st Edition

Ethics in Governance in India

By Bidyut Chakrabarty Copyright 2016
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Governance and ethics are intertwined. A government functions within certain broad moral and ethical parameters, integrally linked with the sociological foundation of the polity in which it is articulated. The importance of ethics in governance has acquired a significant place in contemporary theoretical discussion. This book situates ethics in governance in India in the national frame and... Read more
Introduction 1. Situating Ethics in governance: citizens and administration 2. Democratic Decentralization as an aid to ethics in governance 3. Ethics and Administrative Reforms in India 4. Civil Service Reforms in India: an aid to ethics in governance 5. Institutional responses to the decline of ethics in governance in a historical perspective 6. Contemporary politico-ideological efforts towards combating corruption 7. Conclusion

Biography

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Professor in Political Science at the University of Delhi, India.