The politics of market reform in India: The fragile basis of paradigm shift.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780494220726
Subjects: Economics -- India.; India -- Politics and government.
Description: This thesis poses two related questions: why, in 1991, did the Indian government set upon a program of market reform that signalled a major break from the country's long-held commitment to a heavily statist development strategy, and why, furthermore, has this radical initiative persisted, despite several changes in government since its inception? In contrast to purely state-centric and society-centric perspectives on the question, I offer a layered explanation that adds a crucial global dimension. I point to the decisiveness of the international financial institutions' role in orchestrating the policy change---decisive because, in the absence of the IFIs' influence, it is unlikely the policy shift would have amounted to a shift in paradigm, which implies a fundamental transformation in the hierarchy of policy goals. ...
Notes: Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Toronto, 2004.

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