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Democracy, Development, and the Countryside : Urban-Rural Struggles in India (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Democracy Development and the Countryside UrbanRural Struggles in India - Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Author:Ashutosh Varshney What happens to the rural folk--to their power and economic well-being--when development takes place in a democratic framework? Focusing on India where, unlike most of the developing world, a democratic system has flourished for four decades, this book investigates how the rural sector uses its numbers in a democracy to further its economic and... more » political interests. The book also argues that identities constitute a powerful constraint on the pursuit of economic interests.« less