Understanding India's New Political Economy
A Great Transformation?

Addresses the three most important large-scale transformations that have reshaped India since 1989: the advent of liberal economic reform, the ascendance of Hindu cultural nationalism, and the empowerment of historically subordinate classes through popular democratic mobilizations.

This book addresses the three most important large-scale transformations that have reshaped India since 1989: the advent of liberal economic reform, the ascendance of Hindu cultural nationalism, and the empowerment of historically subordinate classes through popular democratic mobilizations. Filling a gap in the literature, it describes, explains and assesses the nexus between these central transformations in a rigorous and integrated manner.

1. Introduction: India's Transforming Political Economy Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss, Sanjay Ruparelia and Sanjay Reddy 2. Democracy and the Economic Transformation in India Partha Chatterjee 3. Economic Liberalization, Urban Politics and the Poor Nandini Gooptu 4. The Politics of India's Special Economic Zones Rob Jenkins 5. The Contested Geographies of Federalism in Post-Reform India Stuart Corbridge 6. Patterns of Wealth Disparities in India: 1991-2002 Arjun Jayadev, Sripad Motiram, and Vamsi Vakulabharanam 7. Political Economy of Agrarian Distress in India since the 1990s Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Sripad Motiram 8. How Far Have India's Economic Reforms Been 'Guided by Compassion and Justice'? Social Policy in the Neo-Liberal era John Harriss 9. The Transformation of Citizenship in India in the 1990s and Beyond Niraja Gopal Jayal 10. Making Citizens From Below and Above: The Prospects and Challenges of Decentralization in India Patrick Heller 11. Hindutva's Ebbing Tide? Radhika Desai 12. Expanding Indian Democracy: The Paradox of the Third Force Sanjay Ruparelia 13. The Congress Party and the 'Great Transformation' James Manor 14. Indian Foreign Policy Since the End of the Cold War: Domestic Determinants Achin Vanaik