Kohli, Atul

The state and poverty in India: the politics of reform/ Atul Kohli - New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. - x,260p. : ill. ; 23cm. - Cambridge South Asian studies, 37. .

Contains bibliography.
includes index.

1. The state and redistributive reforms;
2. Democracy and development in India: an interpretation;
3. West Bengal: parliamentary communism and reform from above;
4. Karnataka: populism, patronage and piecemeal reform;
5. Uttar Pradesh: political fragmentation, middle-peasant dominance and the neglect of reforms;
6. Conclusion: the state and reform in democratic-capitalist development;

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Poverty -- Government policy -- India.
Manpower policy -- India -- States -- Case studies.
Land reform -- India -- States -- Case studies.

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