Scarcity, Conflicts and Cooperation: Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

Business & Money

Pranab Bardhan

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

<p>How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together leading scholars of Indian politics to explore this intriguing anomaly. Themes addressed include politics, ethnicity, federalism, caste, poverty, and Hindu nationalism. This is a tightly conceived volume on an important and controversial topic, which will be as useful in the classroom as it will be for professionals and general readers. It is a book for anyone who wants to learn more about the world's largest democracy.</p>

The Success of India's Democracy (Contemporary South Asia, Series Number 6)

Sumit Sarkar

JAMES MANOR

Myron Weiner

Amrita Basu

Religion & Spirituality

Cambridge University Press

Reading India: Selections From The Economic Weekly, Vol 1 (1949-1965)

Sudipto Mundle

Orient Blackswan

Charaiveti : An Academic's Global Journey

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Harpercollins

A compilation of articles and commentaries on contemporary issues concerning Globalisation, Capitalism, Inequality and Poverty, Democracy, India-China comparative perspectives, and Corruption, and other topical issues of Indian Polity and Economy, is the culmination of reflections the author made over the last decade in different popular outlets. Globalisation, neither a plague nor a panacea, makes Bardhan's approach stand out among the contentious debates in both media and academia. Within this framework, the discourse further probes into how economic globalisation which can address the problem of poverty has affected wages, incomes and access to resources for the poorest people in India and abroad. Like globalisation, democracy too, despite rhetoric, does not offer magic solutions. Democracy often encourages popular movements against capitalist excesses, and experiences more intense pressure to share the benefits of development among the people, but it also leads to competitive populism and is subject to capture by oligarchic interests. Similarly, the long-term prospects of Indian capitalism, as Bardhan investigates, call for a great deal of structural and political overhauling to be sustainably useful. Corruption, especially in developing economies like India and China, is indeed a hurdle standing in the way of development. In spite of pervasive corruption, the author addresses the question as to how and how far the Chinese economic performance has been better than India's. A perfect blend of an economist's insight and field experience based analysis offering guidelines for political opportunities to mitigate social inequalities and for broad-based development, this volume is an invaluable companion for the policymakers, academia and the general readership as well.

Globalisation, Democracy and Corruption: an Indian Perspective (Critical Debates on History & Politics)

Frontpage

Indian Polity and Economy : A Mirror to Difficult Times

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