Democracy, development, and the countryside
Subtitle: urban-rural struggles in India
By: Ashutosh Varshney.
Series: Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Rural development -- India.; Urbanization -- India.; India -- Politics and government -- 1947-
Description: Several scholars have written about how authoritarian or democratic political systems affect industrialization in the developing countries. There is no literature, however, on whether or not democracy makes a difference to the power and well-being of the countryside. Through the example of India, which enjoys the longest-surviving democracy of the developing world, this book investigates how the countryside uses the political system to advance its interests.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.