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

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

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

In comparison to other social groups, India’s rural poor – and particularly Adivasis and Dalits - have seen little benefit from the country’s economic gro