Includes index. Bhaskara Rao, N. (2019). Sustainable good governance, development and democracy. Los Angeles: SAGE.

1. Seven Decades of Republic -- Whither Seven Decades of Planned Development? -- Decline in Party Politics -- Country of Contradictions -- Pillars of the Republic -- Cost of Parliamentary Democracy -- 2. Options and Alternatives -- Understanding Linkages -- Power to People -- Differentiating Parties -- A Development Paradigm -- 3. Good Governance, Not Rhetoric -- Origins of Good Governance as a Concept -- Different Perspectives -- Distinguishing Features of Governance -- Good Governance: Compulsions and Characteristics -- Sustaining Development -- Some Differentiating and Inhibiting Factors -- Proof of Pudding Indicators -- 4. Pillars of the Republic -- Political Parties -- Declining Legislatures -- The Executive/Civil Services/Bureaucracy -- Justice System and the Judiciary -- Basic Dilemma of the Fourth Estates -- Civil Society-Is It Not the Fifth Pillar? -- Education: A Differentiator -- ICT: The Double Edger -- 5. Facilitators and Destabilisers -- Negating Trends of Governance -- Is the Government a Continuing One? -- Corruption-Public Face of Good Governance! -- NITI Aayog: The New Planning Commission? -- Dampening Trends -- Desh Badal Raha Hai, Not Our Leaders -- Prajala Vaddaku Palana (Government at the Doorsteps) -- Most Sought-after Public Services -- Hire- and Fire-based Appointments -- Institutions Sustaining Governance -- Not Without a Future Outlook -- Slogans That Could As Well Be the Mantras -- 6. Rights Regime -- Rights Regime and Mechanisms -- Basic Public Services for Good Governance -- Six Pillars of the State -- Dilemma of Right to Education -- RTI Crying Out for Revival -- 7. Could there Be a Formula to Go About? -- Initiatives and Instruments -- Isn't Having a Vision Good Governance? -- It Is a Six-pronged Pursuit -- ICT-A Differentiator -- 8. Big Change with Citizen Initiatives -- Networking -- System and Institutions Are Important -- Education Route-A Sure Bet -- Independent Research and Training