Democracy, Development and Decentralisation in India
eBook - ePub

Democracy, Development and Decentralisation in India

Continuing Debates

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Democracy, Development and Decentralisation in India

Continuing Debates

About this book

Offering new insights into the political economy of contemporary India, this book considers how and why unequal patterns of economic growth have taken shape within the context of a democratic and decentralising political system, and how this has impacted upon the processes of economic development.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Abbreviations
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Foreword
  11. 1. Introduction
  12. 2. Equality or Inclusion: The Dilemma of India’s Democracy
  13. 3. Burden of Exception? Deficits and Deepening of Democratic Development in India
  14. 4. The Continuing Reinvention of India
  15. 5. Development as Freedom and Justice: An Essay on Sen and Rawls
  16. 6. Framing the Development Debate: The Case of Farmers’ Suicide in India
  17. 7. Institutional Credit and Economic Entitlement: Emerging Regional and Sectoral Divides in Maharashtra
  18. 8. Fiscal Decentralisation and Urban Local Governments in India: An Empirical Review
  19. 9. Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Development: Lessons from India and South Africa
  20. 10. Social Divisions and Rural Non-farm Sector: Lessons from India
  21. 11. Development and Change in Agrarian Economy: Aspects of Rural Non-farm Sector in Andhra Pradesh, India
  22. 12. Privatising Social Opportunity: Trends and Implications for Higher Education in India
  23. 13. Healthcare Services and Development in India: A Study of Reproductive Health in Jharkhand
  24. 14. Public Intervention, Institutions and Human Development in India: Theory and Evidence
  25. About the Editors
  26. Notes on Contributors
  27. Index