The State and Poverty in India

by Atul Kohli and KOHLI

Book Overview

This analysis of the role of government in eradicating India's rural poverty raises a whole series of crucial contemporary issues relating to the state, its degree of autonomy in the developing world and the problems of effecting genuine redistributive reform. The particular importance of the book is that it focuses attention on the nature of ruling political parties as an important factor influencing the success or failure of redistributive and welfare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521378761
• ISBN13: 9780521378765
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"