Governance and development: A comparative organization approach

Abstract

India’s 2014 general elections can be considered a land mark for the evolution of India’s democracy. The Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of BJP pitched for his candidacy with the slogan of ‘Maximum Governance with Minimum Government’. He was elected with a landslide majority by people belonging to different classes and castes. This is a major institutional change in terms of people demanding better governance rather than pure distributional politics. This paper develops a simple theoretical framework of governance and applies it qualitatively to China briefly and India in detail. The paper discusses the history of governance in these countries through comparative economic organization logic to understand improvements in governance. It will shed light on governance improving both at macro and micro level in India.