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India grows at night : a liberal case for a strong state / by Gurcharan Das

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2012.Description: 308 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780143421078
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.954 DAS
Summary: "Indians wryly admit that 'India grows at night'. But that is only half the saying; the full expression is: 'India grows at night ... when the government sleeps', suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. India's is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the world's fastest-growing economies when it's governed by a weak, ineffective state? And wouldn't it be wonderful if India also grew during the day--in other words, if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs, Gurcharan Das says, is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick, decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate and finally, it would be accountable to the people. But achieving this will not be easy, says Das, because India has historically had a weak state and a strong society." Provided by the publisher.
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"Indians wryly admit that 'India grows at night'. But that is only half the saying; the full expression is: 'India grows at night ... when the government sleeps', suggesting that the nation may be rising despite the state. India's is a tale of private success and public failure. Prosperity is, indeed, spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the world's fastest-growing economies when it's governed by a weak, ineffective state? And wouldn't it be wonderful if India also grew during the day--in other words, if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs, Gurcharan Das says, is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick, decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate and finally, it would be accountable to the people. But achieving this will not be easy, says Das, because India has historically had a weak state and a strong society." Provided by the publisher.

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