03926nam a22002777a 4500 20220519124438.0 220519b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781108825078 :Zafaa Books & Distributors :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035 :ZBD0146 :17/05/2022 363 HO Ho, Selina Thirsty Cities : social contracts and public goods provision in China and India / Selina Ho Cambridge :Cambridge University Press , 2019. xv, 295p. 24cm. 2200 Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Public Goods Provision in China and India; The Empirical Puzzle; The Argument; Theories of Public Goods Provision; Regime Type; Other Explanations for Variations in Public Goods Provision; Contributions to the Literature; Plan of the Book; Part I Social Contracts; 2 Social Contracts, Institutional Design, and Public Goods Provision; Defining a Social Contract; Traditional Social Contract Theorists and Varieties of Social Contracts Social Contracts as an Informal InstitutionLegitimacy; Expectations; Impact of Social Contracts on Institutional Design and Public Goods Delivery; Autonomy; Capacity; Theory Testing and Case Selection; Cities; Urban Water Supply; Some Limitations; Conclusion; 3 The Chinese Social Contract; The Chinese Social Contract; Basis of Legitimacy; ''The mandate of heaven'' and the Chinese concept of performance; Urban bias; The ideological interregnum; Restoring the performance-based social contract; Popular Expectations; Impact of the Chinese Social Contract on Public Goods Provision ''Chinese-style'' AutonomyDecentralization and Empowering Local Governments; Financial Capacity of Local Governments; Conclusion; 4 The Indian Social Contract; The Indian Social Contract; Postindependence Origins; Basis of Legitimacy; Socialism; Democratic participation and populism; Rural bias; Popular Expectations; Impact of the Indian Social Contract on Public Goods Provision; Low Autonomy; Limited Capacity; Weak Local Governments; Conclusion; Part II Comparing Urban Water Management in China and India; 5 Comparing China's and India's Water Institutional Frameworks Institutional Framework of the Chinese Urban Water SectorAdministrative Structure; Water Policies and Legal Framework; Water allocation and abstraction; Water usage and sustainable development; Obligations of water suppliers; Water pricing policies; Financing; Private sector participation in China's urban water sector; Opening up policies; Regulatory policies; Property rights transfer policies; Institutional Framework of the Indian Urban Water Sector; Administrative Structure; Water Laws and Regulations; Financing; Private Sector Participation in India's Urban Water Sector; Conclusion 6 Quenching Thirst in China's First-Tier Cities: Shenzhen and BeijingShenzhen; Shenzhen's Water Problems; Impact of China's Social Contract on Urban Water Management in Shenzhen; Institutional autonomy and capacity; (a) Shenzhen's status as a special economic zone; (b) Autonomy in setting laws and regulations; (c) Creation of the Shenzhen Municipal Water Affairs Bureau; (d) Separation of government and enterprise; (e) Resource allocation; Impact of institutional autonomy and capacity on Shenzhen's urban water supply system; (a) Greater efficiency and better coordination Provides the answer to the enduring puzzle why India lags behind China in offering public goods to its people Social problems and social services Other social problems and services Public goods. Services municipaux -- Inde. Biens collectifs. Municipal services -- China. Ho, Selina BOOK 59233 59233 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2022-05-19 Zafaa Books & Distributors 2200.00 0 363 HO 28592 2022-05-19 00:00:00 2022-05-19 BOOK