Ascending India and Its State Capacity

Book excerpt: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: The Indian State's Capacity to Get Things Done -- TWO: Ascending Major Powers -- STATE CAPACITY -- THREE: Conceptualizing and Measuring State Strength -- FOUR: Extraction and Legitimacy -- FIVE: Violence Monopoly -- STATE-CAPACITY COROLLARIES -- ECONOMIC -- SIX: The Economy -- SEVEN: Infrastructure -- EIGHT: Inequality -- POLITICAL -- NINE: Democratic Institutions -- TEN: Grand Strategy -- ELEVEN: Defense and Security Policies -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- TWELVE: Ascending India-Its State-Capacity Problems and Prospects -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z