Tuesday 12th October 2010, 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Panellists: Chandan Sengupta, Anthony Giddens and S Parasuraman
Chair: Meghnad Desai
Economic reforms in India have largely taken place at a time of assertive cultural nationalism and growing pressures for advancement and assertion from within India's subaltern communities.
This book, edited by Chandan Sengupta and Stuart Corbridge, explores the mainsprings, contours and consequences of democratisation, decentralisation and development in India and offers new insights into its contemporary political economy. It considers how and why unequal patterns of economic growth have taken shape within the context of a democratic and decentralising political system, and how and why that system has impacted upon processes of economic development.
The different articles address how competing claims have been negotiated; in what measure has a bias in favour of political decentralisation helped the government push ahead with an economic reform agenda; and who is being left behind in the race for income growth. The book makes some important theoretical contributions to the continuing debate on democracy and development in the Indian context and balances the arguments with good variety of empirical material.
Additional Details
To reserve a place, email arc@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7615
Media queries: please contact the Press Office if you would like to reserve a press seat or have a media query about this event, email pressoffice@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7060
If you are planning to attend this event and would like details on how to get here and what time to arrive, please refer to Coming to an event at LSE