LEADER 03453nam 22006252 450 001 9910779920703321 005 20230613175718.0 010 $a0-521-65987-6 010 $a0-511-60587-0 010 $a0-511-15182-9 010 $a0-511-05203-0 035 $a(CKB)111056485623572 035 $a(EBL)153380 035 $a(OCoLC)437073098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136648 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132288 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136648 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10082894 035 $a(PQKB)10547180 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511605871 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC153380 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL153380 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2000825 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485623572 100 $a20090910d1999|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocratic politics and economic reform in India /$fRob Jenkins 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aContemporary South Asia ;$v5 311 0 $a0-521-65016-X 311 0 $a0-511-01737-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-244) and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Map States of the Indian federal union; 1 Introduction; 2 The evolution of economic reform in India; 3 Theoretical and comparative perspectives on the politics of economic reform; 4 Political incentives: elite perceptions and the calculus of survival; 5 Political institutions: federalism, informal networks, and the management of dissent; 6 Political skills: introducing reform by stealth; 7 Implications; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSuccessive Indian governments, from right and left, have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued, accessible and sometimes controversial examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Rob Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation. He contends that while democracy and liberalisation are no longer considered incompatible, theorizing over-emphasizes democracy's more wholesome aspects while underestimating its practioners' reliance on obfuscating tactics to defuse political resistance to policy shifts. By focusing on formal political systems, existing research ignores the value of informal institutions. In India it is these institutions which have driven economic elites towards negotiation, while allowing governing elites to divide the opponents of reform through a range of political tactics. In fact, the author argues, it is precisely through such political manoeuvring that democracy survives. 410 0$aContemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ;$v5. 517 3 $aDemocratic Politics & Economic Reform in India 606 $aDemocracy$zIndia 606 $aFree enterprise$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1977- 607 $aIndia$xEconomic policy$y1991- 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aFree enterprise 676 $a338.954/009/049 700 $aJenkins$b Rob$f1965-$0146716 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779920703321 996 $aDemocratic politics and economic reform in India$93676581 997 $aUNINA