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Good Governance in the Transparency, Accountability, Public Participation and Capacity (TAP-C) Framework

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This chapter presents the state of the work on urban and metropolitan governance, generally first and then in the context of the Transparency, Accountability, Public Participation, Capacity (TAP-C) framework. Summarizing studies on metropolitan governance, these debate the transition from ‘government’ to ‘governance’, but we find the latter is a better term to promote equity and inclusion. We find that only those systems that have a corporate mindset in being accountable to the users of various services are successful. Regarding public participation, we find that middle-class and neighbourhood associations are more likely to be included in such consultations. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature, we find that to save a few studies, the research on urban governance especially in the context of democratic countries such as India is still nascent. This chapter ends by describing how this book is novel in developing a TAP-C framework.

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  1. Centre for Research in Urban Affairs (CRUA), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Kala Seetharam Sridhar

  2. Parisar, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Ranjit Gadgil

  3. WRI India, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Chhavi Dhingra

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Seetharam Sridhar, K., Gadgil, R., Dhingra, C. (2020). Good Governance in the Transparency, Accountability, Public Participation and Capacity (TAP-C) Framework. In: Paving the Way for Better Governance in Urban Transport. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9620-5_1

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