Public office, private interest [electronic resource] : bureacracy and corruption in India / S.K. Das. Das, S. K., 1945- Political corruption India. Bureaucracy India. JQ229.C6 D37 2001 364.13230954 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Written by a senior civil servant, this book looks at public bureaucracy in India which has ended up serving the narrow interests of patrimonial politics, especially after independence. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. 2001. 2001 Text 1 online resource (xii, 252 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195653823.001.0001 eng India. India.