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

by Ashutosh Varshney

Book Overview

Several scholars have written about how authoritarian or democratic political systems affect industrialization in the developing countries. There is no literature, however, on whether democracy makes a difference to the power and well-being of the countryside. Using India as a case where the longest-surviving democracy of the developing world exists, this book investigates how the countryside uses the political system to advance its interests. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521646251
• ISBN13: 9780521646253
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"