This introduction to the Political Economy of Reforms in India discusses the political economy of the country's growth, globalization and welfare. It finds that political economy of growth and globalization are intimately connected. And, the political economy of welfare, though dependent to a much greater extent on state intervention than growth, is critically dependent on the growth process.

• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1. Political Economy of Growth


• 2. India's Economic Globalization


• 3. Citizen Concern in the New India


• 4. Reflecting on Economic Reforms


• Bibliography


• Index

Rahul Mukherji is Associate Professor. South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore.