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In 1984, Pranab Bardhan published his classic work The Political Economy of Development in India (PEDI). It went on to become one of the most influential references on the political economy of development in the pre-reform period of independent India. Class and Conflict reflects on the enduring influence of Bardhan's original publication in the context of post-liberalization developments in India. Drawing on their own world-leading research, the contributors to this volume engage with a wide range of issues, such as whether big business dominates India today, how subsidies retard economic growth, and how the middle classes are transforming politics. Together they try to answer the big question: what has really changed in the political and economic climate of the country over the last 30 years? Exploring the continuities and changes that have characterized India's political economy since 1984, this volume takes stock of the main challenges of India's economic development today. It contributes to current debates on economic growth, crony capitalism, agrarian crisis, the politics of class and caste, and the role of the state in a liberalizing economy.

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Author:   Elizabeth Chatterjee (Lecturer in Regional and Comparative Politics, Lecturer in Regional and Comparative Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK) ,  Matthew McCartney (Associate Professor of Political Economy and Human Development of South Asia, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Human Development of South Asia, University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780199499687

ISBN 10:   0199499683
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of figures and tables Part I. Overview 1. Elizabeth Chatterjee and Matthew McCartney, 'Revisiting The Political Economy of Development in India' 2. Pranab Bardhan, 'Reflections on Indian Political Economy' Part II. The Indian Economy Three Decades On 3. Matthew McCartney, 'The Stagnation Debate: An Enduring Legacy' 4. Maitreesh Ghatak and Ritwika Sen, 'Growth and the Subsidy Raj in India: Re-examining the Bardhan Hypothesis' 5. James Manor, 'India's Political Economy: Has Something Crucial Recently Changed?' Part III. The Dominant Proprietary Classes: Continuity and Change 6. Rob Jenkins, 'Business Interests and State Autonomy in India' 7. John Harriss, 'The Second Dominant Proprietary Class: Rich Farmers and the Political Economy of Indian Development' 8. Elizabeth Chatterjee, 'All Shook Up? State Professionals in the Reform Era' Part IV. New Elites 9. Leela Fernandes, 'Rethinking the Dominant Proprietary Classes: India's Middle Classes and the Reproduction of Inequality' 10. Barbara Harriss-White, Muhammad Ali Jan, and Asha Amirali, 'Malgudi on the Move: Bardhan's Political Economy and the Rest of India' Part V. Conclusions 11. Michael Walton, 'An Indian Gilded Age? Continuity and Change in the Political Economy of India's Development' Index About the editors

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Elizabeth Chatterjee is lecturer in Regional and Comparative Politics at Queen Mary University of London. Matthew McCartney is associate professor of the department of Political Economy and Human Development of South Asia at the University of Oxford.

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