num_pages: 320
description: Indians wryly admit that India grows at night. But that is only half the saying; the full expression is: India grows at night... when the government sleeps suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. Indias is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is indeed spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the worlds fastest-growing economies when its governed by a weak ineffective state? And wouldnt it be wonderful if India also grew during the dayin other words if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs Gurcharan Das says is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate; and finally it would be accountable to the people. But achieving this will not be easy says Das because India has historically had a weak state and a strong society.
language: English
title: India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State
publisher: Penguin Global