Democracy, Development, and the Countryside : Urban-Rural Struggles in India

Associate Professor Department of Government and International Studies Ashutosh Varshney
Cambridge University Press
 9780521646253
0-521-64625-1

What happens to the rural folk--to their power and economic well-being--when development takes place in a democratic framework? Focusing on India where, unlike most of the developing world, a democratic.

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system has flourished for four decades, this book investigates how the rural sector uses its numbers in a democracy to further its economic and political interests. The book also argues that identities constitute a powerful constraint on the pursuit of economic interests.