India grows at night :
Das, Gurcharan,
India grows at night : a liberal case for a strong state / Gurcharan Das. - New Delhi : Penguin, 2012 - 308 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-298) and index.
Indians wryly admit that “India grows at night.” But that is only half the saying; the full expression is: “India grows at night…when the government sleeps,” suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. India's is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the world's fastest-growing economies when it is_governed by a weak, ineffective state? And wouldn't it be wonderful if India also grew during the day-in other words, if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs, Gurcharan Das says, is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick, decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate; and finally, it would be accountable to the people. But achieving this will not be easy, says Das, because India has historically had a weak state and a strong society.
9780670084708 (hbk.) Rs599.00 0670084700 (hbk.)
2012353825
India--Politics and government.
JQ231 / .D33 2012
320.954 DAS / 003046
India grows at night : a liberal case for a strong state / Gurcharan Das. - New Delhi : Penguin, 2012 - 308 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-298) and index.
Indians wryly admit that “India grows at night.” But that is only half the saying; the full expression is: “India grows at night…when the government sleeps,” suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. India's is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the world's fastest-growing economies when it is_governed by a weak, ineffective state? And wouldn't it be wonderful if India also grew during the day-in other words, if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs, Gurcharan Das says, is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick, decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate; and finally, it would be accountable to the people. But achieving this will not be easy, says Das, because India has historically had a weak state and a strong society.
9780670084708 (hbk.) Rs599.00 0670084700 (hbk.)
2012353825
India--Politics and government.
JQ231 / .D33 2012
320.954 DAS / 003046