TY - BOOK AU - Nagaraj,R. AU - Motiram,Sripad TI - Political economy of contemporary India SN - 9781107164956 (hardback) U1 - 330.954 POL 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Economic development KW - India KW - Congresses KW - Social classes KW - Democracy KW - Economic policy KW - Politics and government N1 - "Papers included in this volume were presented at a conference on "Political Economy of Contemporary India" held at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai (IGIDR) in November 2014."; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Introduction: From `Intermediate Regime' to Crony Capitalism /​ Sripad Motiram Economy-wide Considerations 2.The Relationship between the Reserve Bank and the Government of India: Political Economy of Central Banking in India /​ Partha Ray 3.The Limits of Liberalization: The Power Sector /​ Elizabeth Chatterjee Political Economy by Regions of India 4.Political Economy of a Dominant Caste /​ Suhas Palshikar 5.Populism and Party: Society Developmental Regimes in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal /​ A. Kalaiyarasan 6.India's Agricultural Development: A Regional Perspective /​ P. S. Vijayshankar Urban Labour Markets 7.Public Sector Employment: What has Changed? /​ R. Nagaraj 8.New Paradigms of Labour Relations: How Much do They Explain? /​ Supriya Roy Chowdhury Land and Rural Labour 9.Peripheral Agriculture? Macro and Micro Dynamics of Land Sales and Land Use Changes in the `Rural' Economy of Kancheepuram /​ Ajit Menon Contents note continued: 10.Infrastructures of Growth, Corridors of Power: The Making of the SEZ Act 2005 /​ Preeti Sampat 11.Land-based Financing for Infrastructure: What is New about India's Land Conflicts? /​ Sai Balakrishnan 12.Political Economy of Land Acquisition and Resource Development in India /​ Shashi Ratnaker Singh 13.Advice and Dissent: The Federal Politics of Reforming India's Land Acquisition Legislation /​ Rob Jenkins 14.`Workers' or `Beneficiaries': The Varied Politics of NREGA Implementation in South-West Madhya Pradesh /​ Nandini Nayak. N2 - ""Deals with the issues at the intersecting domains of economics and politics"--Provided by publisher"-- ER -