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The accommodation of democracy : a new political economy of poverty alleviation in rural India /

"The road from the city of Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to Bahraich district was fairly treacherous until it was entirely repaved in 2015. The 80-mile journey which previously took up to 6 hours by bus had been reduced to 3 hours, by the time my visit to the distric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcesse, Thibaud (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Modern South Asia series.
Subjects:
Economic assistance, Domestic > India > Uttar Pradesh > History.
Manpower policy > India > Uttar Pradesh > History.
Poverty > India > Uttar Pradesh > History.
Democracy > India > Uttar Pradesh > History.
Aide au développement économique régional > Inde > Uttar Pradesh > Histoire.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Uttar Pradesh > Histoire.
Pauvreté > Inde > Uttar Pradesh > Histoire.
Démocratie locale > Inde > Uttar Pradesh > Histoire.
Comparative Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Asian.
World.
Developing & Emerging Countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Democracy > History.
Economic assistance, Domestic > History.
Manpower policy, Rural > History.
Poverty > History.
India
India > Uttar Pradesh
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acronyms
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction: How Meaningful Has India's Democratic Deepening Been?
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 The Promise of Political and Economic Emancipation
  • 1.3 The Second Chapter of India's Democratization
  • 1.4 What Makes a Democratic Deepening Meaningful?
  • 1.5 Contributions
  • 1.6 Summary and Setting of the Study
  • 1.7 Plan of the Book
  • 2 A Theory of Democratic Accommodation
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Practice of Citizenship and Program Outcomes
  • 2.3 Partisanship and Program Outcomes
  • 2.4 How the Bureaucracy Shapes Interactions Between Parties and Citizens
  • 2.5 Institutions Matter: How State Agents Contribute to an Accommodation of Democracy
  • 2.6 Summary of the Theory and Hypotheses
  • 2.7 Conclusion
  • 3 The Terrain of Local-Level Democratization in Rural Uttar Pradesh
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Has India Delivered on the Promise of Political and Economic Emancipation?
  • 3.3 The Determinants of Poverty and Inequality: Income, Employment, and Ritual Status
  • 3.4 The Terrain of Democratization in Rural Uttar Pradesh
  • 3.5 Bahraich District in Comparative Perspective
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • 4 How a Democratic Deepening Shapes Program Outcomes
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Right to Work in Perspective
  • 4.3 Do Outcomes Covary with Needs (and Claims)?
  • 4.4 Has Democratization Shaped Program Outcomes?
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 5 Patronage Guaranteed? Partisanship and Program Outcomes
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Demand-Driven and Supply-Driven Implementation
  • 5.3 Do Program Outcomes Reveal Partisan Preferential Spending?
  • 5.4 Parties and Patronage Politics in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh
  • 5.5 Conclusion
  • 6 Party-Voter Linkages and Political Alignment
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The Political Articulation of the Demand for Work
  • 6.3 Party Building in Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh: How Parties Assemble Winning Coalitions
  • 6.4 Local-Level Democratization and Political Brokerage
  • 6.5 Political Parties and the Autonomy of Local Democracy
  • 6.6 Conclusion
  • 7 Accommodating Democracy: Rent-Seeking as a Political Strategy
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 How the Bureaucracy Represents the State in a Rural District of Uttar Pradesh
  • 7.3 Discretionary Authority and the Extraction of Rents
  • 7.4 Informal Norms of Resource Allocation
  • 7.5 Caste, Political Alignment, and the Variation in Rent-Seeking
  • 7.6 Conclusion
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 8.1 Between Empowerment and Accommodation: Summary of the Argument
  • 8.2 The Institutionalization of Local Democracy in India
  • 8.3 How Much Has Democracy Deepened in India?
  • Appendix
  • 1 Data Sources and Datasets
  • 2 Democratization and Program Outcomes (Chapter 4)
  • 3 Partisanship and Program Outcomes (Chapter 5)
  • 4 Partisan Alignment and Program Outcomes (Chapter 6)
  • Bibliography
  • Index