In The State and Poverty in India the author argues cogently that well-organised, left-of-centre parties in government are the most effective in implementing re

This analysis of the role of government in eradicating India's rural poverty raises a whole series of crucial contemporary issues relating to the state, its deg

Yet India's poor are not disenfranchised; they actively participate in the democratic project.

This thoughtful and challenging book affords an alternative vision of India's rise in the world.