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1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) : Successive Indian governments, from right and left, have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued, accessible and sometimes controversial examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Rob Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation. He contends that while democracy and liberalisation are no longer considered incompatible, theorizing over-emphasizes democracy's more wholesome aspects while underestimating its practioners' reliance on obfuscating tactics to defuse political resistance to policy shifts. By focusing on formal political systems, existing research ignores the value of informal institutions. In India it is these institutions which have driven economic elites towards negotiation, while allowing governing elites to divide the opponents of reform through a range of political tactics. In fact, the author argues, it is precisely through such political manoeuvring that democracy survives Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-244) and index Print version record

Author

Rob Jenkins, Jan Breman, G. P. Hawthorn, Ayesha Jalal, Patricia Jeffery

Publisher

Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511151828

Subjects

Business, Political Science, Economics