Economic development and cultural change, 2001-04, Vol.49 (3), p.659-685
2001
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Culture, Development, and Government: Reservations in India
- Ist Teil von
- Economic development and cultural change, 2001-04, Vol.49 (3), p.659-685
- Ort / Verlag
- Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2001
- Link zum Volltext
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- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Using economic theories of pressure groups & rent seeking, the article analyzes the changes in the social structure of postindependence India. Government plays a large role in the economy & has affected India's social evolution as well. Therefore, the same social structure of caste & tribal loyalties has been maintained rather then diminished. Culture has also influenced the economy & politics. In this case, pressure groups that existed in India at independence have decreased the development of other traditional groups that occur in other democracies. To substantiate these conclusions, the article presents a theory of the determinants of pressure formation & reviews India's history. It shows how some events that cannot be explained by traditional theory are explained by the pressure group theory. 5 Tables, 1 Figure. R. Larsen
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0013-0079eISSN: 1539-2988DOI: 10.1086/452520Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60606842
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Asia, Caste, Caste identity, Caste system, Censuses, Cultural change, Culture, Economic analysis, Economic development, Economic life, Economic rent, Economic Theories, Equilibrium, Government, Independence, India, Influence, Interest Groups, Modernization, Political Economy, Political parties, Politics, Rent-seeking, Social Change, Social Development, Social Structure, Social structures, Society, Sociocultural Factors, State Role, Statistical analysis, Studies, Subsidies, Treaty lands, Voting