Planning Democracy: Modern India's Quest for Development

ISBN-13: 9781009044585 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 292 str.

Indiana) Menon Nikhil (University of Notre Dame

Opis

An innovative history exploring independent India's experiment fusing Soviet-inspired economic management with Western-style liberal democracy.

Recenzje

'This book provides a well-written and fresh perspective on centralized economic planning in post-independence India. Past studies have primarily focused on the economic impact of planning. Menon's richly detailed study instead explores an important set of political and institutional questions raised by this approach: How did planning in India seek to blend seemingly contradictory Soviet-inspired ideas of economic planning with commitments to liberal democratic institutions and increasing citizen participation in politics? How did the quotidian implementation of planning expand the state's footprint in ways that endure beyond any individual government or ideological era? And how were the language and ideas behind planning infused within Indian society, shaping everything from political life to popular culture? Menon's compelling answers are worth reading for anyone interested in contemporary India, especially at a time of renewed debate and concern regarding the degree of centralization in India's political and economic institutions.' Tariq Thachil, University of Pennsylvania

Spis treści

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Data: 1. A Nation in Numbers; 2. Calcutta Conquers Delhi; 3. Chasing Computers; Part II. Democracy?: 4. Help the Plan—Help Yourself; 5. Salvation in Service; Epilogue; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.