Overview
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 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.
- | Author: Ashutosh Varshney
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 18, 1998
- | Number of Pages: 232 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0521646251
- | ISBN-13: 9780521646253
