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Democratic politics and economic reform in India /
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 theorie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ;
5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) : 1 map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-244) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511017375 9780511017377 0511151829 9780511151828 0511036795 9780511036798 9780511605871 0511605870 |