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Political Economy of Contemporary India
Edited By R. Nagaraj
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hardcover. Editor(s): Nagaraj, R.; Motiram, Sripad. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
The need to understand regional variation in politics and political economy, and how these have contributed to different developmental outcomes across various parts of India, remains pressing. It was suggested in the early 1960s that in India the central government was largely under the control of a national capitalist class, while the states were dominated by landed interests. Does such a formulation hold ground today? With increasing political mobilization among lower classes and castes and the diffusion of economic power to the state level after the reforms, how can variation in regional development be characterized? This volume aims to answer ... Read more
The need to understand regional variation in politics and political economy, and how these have contributed to different developmental outcomes across various parts of India, remains pressing. It was suggested in the early 1960s that in India the central government was largely under the control of a national capitalist class, while the states were dominated by landed interests. Does such a formulation hold ground today? With increasing political mobilization among lower classes and castes and the diffusion of economic power to the state level after the reforms, how can variation in regional development be characterized? This volume aims to answer ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107164956
SKU
V9781107164956
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99-17
About Edited By R. Nagaraj
R. Nagaraj is a Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. An economist by training, he has worked on India's economic growth and industrialization, public sector performance and industrial labour market. He has taught a variety of courses on Indian economy, the comparative economic development of India and China, and development economics. His most recent edited book, ... Read more
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