Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Map States of the Indian federal union; 1 Introduction; 2 The evolution of economic reform in India; 3 Theoretical and comparative perspectives on the politics of economic reform; 4 Political incentives: elite perceptions and the calculus of survival; 5 Political institutions: federalism, informal networks, and the management of dissent; 6 Political skills: introducing reform by stealth; 7 Implications; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Successive Indian governments have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation
