Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India A Divided Leviathan

Name: Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India A Divided Leviathan
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ISBN: 9780253216816

ISBN-10: 0253216818

ISBN-13: 9780253216816

Edition: 2005

Authors: Aseema Sinha, Susan S. Wadley

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To explain the seeming failure of India's economic development, Assema Sinha presents an innovative model that questions conventional views of economic development. She shows that the failure is the result of the combined product of central-local interactions and political choices by regional elites.

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Aseema Sinha is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2004-05, she will be a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.




Introduction and Theoretical Framework



The Puzzle of Developmental Failure and Success



A Theory of Polycentric Hierarchy



National Level Analysis



Disaggregating the Central State



Subnational Variation Mapped



Regional Strategies toward the Dirigiste State



The Subnational State as a Developmental Actor



Weapons of the Strong: Business Responses in the Regions



Divided Loyalties: The Regional Politics of Divergence



India in Comparative Perspective



India in Comparative Perspective: Brazil, China, Former Soviet Union, and Russia;


Conclusion.


Regional Landscapes and Economic Development in Dirigiste States