Denise M. Horn is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston, USA.

This book explores the connection between strong democracy and neoliberal development schemes based on the concept of 'social entrepreneurship' in Thailand and Southern India.

1. Micro-Responsibility: Development and Citizenship 2. Governance in a Fractured World 3. Thailand: Nationalist Projects and Governance 4. India: Poverty, Development and the Discourse of Micro-Responsibility 5. Challenges for Democratic Governance Generation and Provision in the 21st Century