Governance and Development in India: A Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar After Liberalization

Seyed Hossein Zarhani

ISBN 10: 0367147661 ISBN 13: 9780367147662

Publisher: Routledge (Manohar), 2019

Synopsis

India has emerged as a fast-growing country during last three decades despite all pessimisms. However, the rate of economic growth and poverty reduction has not been similar in different India's subnational states.This book is a study of political roots of the divergence of development trajectories among India's subnational states, as an important aspect of the political economy of development in India. Although the government of India has introduced and implemented several economic reforms since 1991 to enhance economic development, the results of implantation vary in different subnational States. Some States have had a disappointing economic performance, and some had better performance than average. This book analyses the role of the state in the regional development in India with a focus on the case studies Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.Firmly based on the theoretical foundations of the neo-institutional rational choice model of governance, polycentric hierarchy theory and the strategies for regional elite strategy analysis, combined with empirical research, this book is a valuable contribution to the fields of comparative political economy, state politics in India, governance and development in developing countries, and South Asian comparative politics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge (Manohar)
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367147661
• ISBN 13: 9780367147662
• Binding: Unknown Binding