Good governance, democratic societies and globalisation / editors, Surendra Munshi, Biju Paul Abraham.

Introduction / Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham -- The societal context of governance. Concern for good governance in comparative perspective / Surendra Munshi. Policy without politics : social, cultural and linguistic affairs in the European Union / Abram De Swaan. Governance and democracy : reflections on the European debate / Angela Liberatore. National differences and the rethinking of social democracy : third ways in Europe / Luke Martell. Good governance, market friendly globalisation, and the changing space of state intervention : thecase of India / Anup Sinha. India : from developmental to predator state / PremShankar Jha -- Administrative Reforms. Administrative reform in India and Europe : a comparative perspective / Biju Paul Abraham. Policy change in public sector reforms in cross-country perspective : between convergence and divergence / Hellmut Wollmann. Administrative reform in Germany : learning from European experiences / Manfred Roeber. Administrative reform in India : policy prescrip