Contemporary India

Taylor & Francis

Contemporary IndiaSociety and Its Governance\nAuthor(s): A. Premchand\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138508576, 978-1138508576\nSynopsis\nSoon after independence, Indian political leadership decided to pursue the attainment of four self-stipulated goals: to attain an improved standard of living through higher rates of growth, to establish a functioning political democracy, to achieve social equality through social re-engineering, and to make a quick transition in making government a servant of the public than being its master as was the case during the previous colonial regime. This book describes the journey from the past to the present in the articulation of these goals and evaluates the extent to which they have been achieved.\n\nThis book is based on the belief that there is at work a principle of reciprocal causation between society and government. What society wants becomes a mandate for the government. .