1Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Director, UGC-ASC, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
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Globalization is ushering in far-reaching changes in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres across the world. It originated in the West and was embraced by Indian and other ruling elites. It has far-reaching consequences for Indian society as much as for those elsewhere. It is giving rise to new societal expectations, changing value systems, altering the nature of state and governing systems. This is putting pressure on governance to respond to the major policy shifts.
No system of governance can survive for a long time without the citizen centric governance. It is evident from the history of the nations that longevity of their governments largely depended on the co-operation and support rendered to them by their citizens. Wherever this support was missing, the nations found themselves in deep trouble that made their future uncertain. The administration-citizen relations are significant because the support and consent of the governed is a prerequisite for the sustenance of a representative government like the one in India.
The present paper particularly looks into the Indian scenario in order to understand the different dimensions of the interaction between citizens centric governance in the era of globalization.
Globalization, Policy, Citizen, Governance, Expectations, Relations
