02776oam 2200637I 450 991080877350332120240131145618.01-135-04092-30-203-78721-810.4324/9780203787212 (CKB)2560000000102163(EBL)1207562(OCoLC)849246506(SSID)ssj0000890318(PQKBManifestationID)11543968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000890318(PQKBWorkID)10903280(PQKB)10294338(OCoLC)849246318(MiAaPQ)EBC1207562(Au-PeEL)EBL1207562(CaPaEBR)ebr10717453(CaONFJC)MIL495018(FINmELB)ELB131642(EXLCZ)99256000000010216320180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWater, democracy and neoliberalism in India the power to reform /Vicky WaltersMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (222 p.)Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;70Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64130-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Getting (in)to good governance -- 3. Karnataka : the state of a determined path -- 4. Demonstrating development -- 5. Can we have a civil-consumer slum, please. -- 6. Of operational significance -- 7. Conclusion : the power to reform.Since the early 1990s, the achievement of 'good governance' has been a dominant discourse in the pursuit of social and economic development. This book presents a critical challenge to the contemporary development paradigm of good governance.Based on original ethnographic fieldwork on urban water governance reforms in south India (Karnataka), the book examines the two propositions that underlie the current good governance debate. The first refers to a claim that good governance is both democratic and pro-market. The second to the claim that commercially-oriented water services, whether private Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;70.Water resources developmentIndiaDemocracyIndiaNeoliberalismIndiaWater resources developmentDemocracyNeoliberalism333.9100954Walters Vicky.1707461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808773503321Water, democracy and neoliberalism in India4095705UNINA