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Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India’s emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation’s recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In Democracy against Development, Jeffrey Witsoe investigates this counter-narrative, uncovering an antagonistic relationship between recent democratic mobilization and development-oriented governance in India. Wit

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Author

Jeffrey Witsoe

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226063508

Category

social science

Subjects

History, Science, Political Science

Updated

2026-03-25