TY - BOOK AU - Kohli, Atul TI - The state and poverty in India: the politics of reform SN - 0521378761 U1 - 333.3154 PY - 1987/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Poverty -- Government policy -- India. KW - Manpower policy -- India -- States -- Case studies KW - Land reform -- India -- States -- Case studies N1 - 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 ER -