Development and Democracy in IndiaThis study examines the relationship between democratic governance and economic development in post-independence India. The author addresses the paradox of India's political economy: why have five decades of democratically guided strategies failed to reconcile economic growth with redistribution. |
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The StateSociety Approach 25 | 25 |
The State Public Policy and Agricultural Modernization | 125 |
The New Agrarianism and Rural Development | 187 |
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