Power Matters
Essays on Institutions, Politics and Society in India
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2009
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780198063315
- Publish Date
- Jan 2009
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
This volume brings together ten essays from the author's enduring work on the different dimensions of power in Indian society. Harriss' analysis of power has been debated across scholarly and policy making circles, and the public sphere in India. His influence on India's developmental thinking and the debate on state's developmentalist organizations has been substantial. The volume traces how issues of political and institutional power explains economic change, resource management, and poverty, inequality and governance, social capital and civil society - all issues of contemporary and continuing relevance in Indian politics. Apart from a scholarly audience, this volume will appeal to policy planners, technocrats, and activists in organizations.
About the author
Contributor Notes
John Harriss is Professor of International Studies and Director of the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
