《THE REGIONAL ROOTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL POLITICS IN INDIA A DIVIDED IEVIATHAN》求取 ⇩

Part I Introduction and Theoretical Framework1

1. The Puzzle of Developmental Failure and Success3

The Puzzle of India's Developmental State5

Unpacking Developmental States: A Multilevel Framework10

Applying the Framework to India16

Globalization in India (1991-2004)18

Infranational Comparisons and Comparative Politics20

Plan of the Book25

A Theory of Polycentric Hierarchy27

India and Comparative Politics28

A Theory of a Multilevel Hierarchy: Territory, Divided Government, andNested Games30

Business Responses and Investor Behavior in a Dirigiste but Multilevel State41

Design of Study: Selection of Cases42

Conclusion46

Part II National-Level Analysis49

3 Disaggregating the Central state51

Regional Variation in Large-Scale Investment*51++A Competing Political Explanation: Central Discrimination54

An Alternative lnstitutionalist Explanation: The Central State Designed to Fail61

Political Economy of the Divided State72

Liberalization and the Central State in India83

Conclusion88

Part III Subnational Variation Mapped89

4 Regional Strategies Toward the Dirigiste State91

Bureaucratic Developmentalism in Gujarat92

West Bengal: The Strategy of Partisan Confrontation99

Mixed Vertical Strategy in Tamil Nadu: Anti-Center Mobilization (1967-77) and Opportunistic Alliance Formation (1980s)105

Vertical Interactions in Pre-1991 India108

Vertical Interactions in Post-1991 India110

Conclusion114

5 The Subnational State as a Developmental Actor116

Why Are Regional Institutions Important, and How Do They Matter?117

Developmental Strategies in Indian Regional States119

Institutional Capacities in India's Regions129

Sticky Institutions in West Bengal, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu after1991: A Comparative Institutional Analysis153

Conclusion158

6 Divided Loyalties: The Regional Politics of Divergence160

Gujarat: The Roots of Classic Competitive Capitalism161

West Bengal: Politics of Vertical Confrontation and Regional Protection184

Tamil Nadu: Cultural Subnationalism and Industrialization200

Conclusion209

7 Weapons of the Strong: Business Responses in the Regions212

Business Responses to Licensing214

State-Level Entry Costs219

Incentives versus Infrastructure: Corporate Responses221

Institutional Credibility226

Micro-Regulatory Costs at the State Level227

Conclusion231

Part IV India in Comparative Perspective233

8 Comparative Extensions235

A Comparative Theory of Developmental Failure and Success237

Applying the Theory to Other Cases242

The Impact of Size and Territorial Differentiation on Central Rulers253

Comparing China with Democratic India and Democratic Brazil: Does Democracy Matter? 254

Conclusion260

9 Conclusion: Regional Landscapes and Economic Development in Dirigiste States263

Lessons from Subnational Pathways in India266

National Political Institutions and Regional Strategies269

Neoliberalism, Institutional Change, and Regional Activism270

Toward a Comparative Theory of Developmental Failure and Success273

APPENDIX: A Game Theory Model of Economic Policy in a Centralized Federation279

Notes285

Works Cited321

Index349