TY - BOOK AU - Sengupta, Chandan ed AU - Corbridge,stuart TI - Democracy,development and decentralisation in India: : continuing debates SN - 9780415563178 U1 - 338.954 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Taylor & Fracis KW - Democracy-India-Congresses. 2 Economic policy-1947 N1 - 1. Introduction-- 2. Equality or Inclusion: The Dilemma of India's Democracy-- 3. Burden of Exception? Deficits and Deepening of Democratic Development in India-- 4. The Continuing Reinvention of India-- 5. Development as Freedom and Justice-- 6. Framing the Development Debate: The Case of Farmers' Suicide in India-- 7. Institutional Credit and Economic Entitlement: Emerging Regional and Sectoral Divides in Maharashtra.-- 8. Fiscal Decentralisation and Urban Local Governments in India: An Empirical Review-- 9. Decentralisation, Women's Rights and Development: Lessons from India and South Africa-- 10. Social Divisions and Rural Non-farm Sector: Lessons from India-- 11. Development and Change in Agrarian Economy: Aspects of Rural Non-farm Sector in Andhra Pradesh, India-- 12. Privatising Social Opportunity: Trends and Implications for Higher Education in India-- 13. Healthcare Services and Development in India: A Study of Reproductive Health in Jharkhand. -- 14. Public Intervention, Institutions and Human Development in India: Theory and EvidenceAbout the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index N2 - Offering fresh insights into the political economy of contemporary India, this book considers how and why unequal patterns of economic growth have taken shape within the context of a democratic and decentralising political system, and how this has impacted upon the processes of economic development ER -