TY  - BOOK
AU  - Das,Gurcharan
TI  - India grows at night: a liberal case for a strong state 
SN  - 9780670084708 (hbk.)
AV  - JQ231 .D33 2012
U1  - 320.954 DAS 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Penguin, 
KW  - India
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-298) and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://openisbn.com/isbn/0670084700/
ER  -