The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India

The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India
Author: Aseema Sinha
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2005
Genre: Central-local government relations
ISBN: 9780253344045

This look at economic development in India focuses on interactions between the central state and regional elites. India is widely regarded as a "failed" developmental state, seemingly the exception that belies the prediction of a triumphant Asian century.

The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India

The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India
Author: Aseema Sinha
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2005-04-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780253216816

A comparative chapter applies the model to data from China, Brazil, Russia, and the former Soviet Union.

Remapping India

Remapping India
Author: Louise Tillin
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1849042292

There is a widespread consensus today that the constitutional flexibility to alter state boundaries has bolstered the stability of India’s democracy. Yet debates persist about whether the creation of more states is desirable. Political parties, regional movements and local activists continue to demand new states in different parts of the country as part of their attempts to reshape political and economic arenas. Remapping India looks at the most recent episode of state creation in 2000, when the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand came into being in some of the poorest, yet resource-rich, regions of Hindi-speaking north and central India. Their creation represented a new turn in the history of the country’s territorial organisation. This book explains the politics that lay behind this episode of ‘post-linguistic’ state reorganisation and what it means for the future design of India’s federal system.

Regional Modernities

Regional Modernities
Author: K. Sivaramakrishnan
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2003
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804744157

Seminar papers.

Governance and Development in India

Governance and Development in India
Author: Seyed Hossein Zarhani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Andhra Pradesh (India)
ISBN: 9780367586768

Concentrating on the micro-institutional variables and the role of regional elites, the author investigates the political roots of the divergence of development trajectories among India's subnational states since the liberalization, as an essential aspect of the political economy of development in India.

Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics

Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics
Author: Atul Kohli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2013-01-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135122741

India’s growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in the country. This Handbook is a reference guide, which surveys the current state of Indian politics and provides a basic understanding of the ways in which the world’s largest democracy functions. The Handbook is structured around four main topics: political change, political economy, the diversity of regional development, and the changing role of India in the world. Chapters examine how and why democracy in India put down firm roots, but also why the quality of governance offered by India’s democracy continues to be low. The acceleration of economic growth since the mid-1980s is discussed, and the Handbook goes on to look at the political and economic changes in selected states, and how progress across Indian states continues to be uneven. It concludes by touching on the issue of India’s international relations, both in South Asia and the wider world. The Handbook offers an invigorating initiation into the seemingly daunting and complex terrain of Indian politics. It is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, policy analysts, graduate and undergraduate students studying Indian politics.

When Crime Pays

When Crime Pays
Author: Milan Vaishnav
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0300216203

The first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics In India, the world's largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics raises complex questions. For instance, how can free and fair democratic processes exist alongside rampant criminality? Why do political parties recruit candidates with reputations for wrongdoing? Why are one-third of state and national legislators elected--and often re-elected--in spite of criminal charges pending against them? In this eye-opening study, political scientist Milan Vaishnav mines a rich array of sources, including fieldwork on political campaigns and interviews with candidates, party workers, and voters, large surveys, and an original database on politicians' backgrounds to offer the first comprehensive study of an issue that has implications for the study of democracy both within and beyond India's borders.

How Solidarity Works for Welfare

How Solidarity Works for Welfare
Author: Prerna Singh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2016-01-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1316299457

Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people, particularly in developing countries, continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and ill-health, understanding the conditions that promote social welfare is of critical importance to political scientists and policy makers alike. Drawing on a multi-method study, from the late-nineteenth century to the present, of the stark variations in educational and health outcomes within a large, federal, multiethnic developing country - India - this book develops an argument for the power of collective identity as an impetus for state prioritization of social welfare. Such an argument not only marks an important break from the dominant negative perceptions of identity politics but also presents a novel theoretical framework to understand welfare provision.

Business and Politics in India

Business and Politics in India
Author: Stanley A. Kochanek
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2023-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520319125

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.