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Democratic politics and economic reform in India /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Democratic politics and economic reform in India // Rob Jenkins.
remainder title:	Democratic Politics & Economic Reform in India
Author:	Jenkins, Rob,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Democracy - India. -
Subject:	India - Religion. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605871
ISBN:	9780511605871 (ebook)

Democratic politics and economic reform in India /
Jenkins, Rob,1965-

Democratic politics and economic reform in India /Democratic Politics & Economic Reform in IndiaRob Jenkins. - 1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Contemporary South Asia ;5. - Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ;10..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Successive Indian governments, from right and left, have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued, accessible and sometimes controversial examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Rob Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation. He contends that while democracy and liberalisation are no longer considered incompatible, theorizing over-emphasizes democracy's more wholesome aspects while underestimating its practioners' reliance on obfuscating tactics to defuse political resistance to policy shifts. By focusing on formal political systems, existing research ignores the value of informal institutions. In India it is these institutions which have driven economic elites towards negotiation, while allowing governing elites to divide the opponents of reform through a range of political tactics. In fact, the author argues, it is precisely through such political manoeuvring that democracy survives.

ISBN: 9780511605871 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

647969
Democracy
--India.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

784969
India
--Religion.

LC Class. No.: JQ281 / .J46 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 338.954/009/049

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