Gain Your Copy Thirsty Cities: Social Contracts And Public Goods Provision In China And India Drafted By Selina Ho Available Through Digital Format

does authoritarian China provide a higher level of public goods than democratic India Studies based on regime type have shown that the level of public goods provision is higher in democratic systems than in authoritarian forms of government.
However, public goods provision in China and India contradicts these findings, Whether in terms of access to education, healthcare, public transportation, and basic necessities, such as drinking water and electricity, China does consistently better than India, This book argues that regime type does not determine public goods outcomes, Using empirical evidence from the Chinese and Indian municipal water sectors, the study explains and demonstrates how a social contract, an informal institution, influences formal institutional design, which in turn accounts for the variations in public goods provision.
Selina

Ho is Assistant Professor and Chair Master in International Affairs Program at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, She is also nonresident Senior Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, She is the author of Thirsty Cities: Social Contracts and Public Goods Provision in China and India, .