Zaad Mahmood teaches political science at Presidency University, Kolkata, India. His research focuses on political economy of reforms, labour politics, public policy, and electoral politics in South Asia and specifically India. He has published his research in jounals like Business and Politics, Journal of South Asian Development, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, and Industrial Law Journal, and has contributed in many books. He is a consistent commentator on political events in regional and national news channels.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Globalization and Policy ReformChapter 1: Globalization, Policy Reform, and the Labour MarketChapter 2: Locating the Politics of Reform: Labour Market in Indian StatesChapter 3: Political Economy and Partisan Government: Configuration of Labour ReformChapter 4: Partisan Government and Interest GroupsChapter 5: Party System: Partisanship, Interest Groups, and PoliticsChapter 6: Conclusions: The Political Economy of Reforms AppendixBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Zaad Mahmood teaches political science at Presidency University, Kolkata, India. His research focuses on political economy of reforms, labour politics, public policy, and electoral politics in South Asia and specifically India. He has published his research in jounals like Business and Politics, Journal of South Asian Development, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, and Industrial Law Journal, and has contributed in many books. He is a consistent commentator on political events in regional and national news channels.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Globalization and Policy ReformChapter 1: Globalization, Policy Reform, and the Labour MarketChapter 2: Locating the Politics of Reform: Labour Market in Indian StatesChapter 3: Political Economy and Partisan Government: Configuration of Labour ReformChapter 4: Partisan Government and Interest GroupsChapter 5: Party System: Partisanship, Interest Groups, and PoliticsChapter 6: Conclusions: The Political Economy of Reforms AppendixBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Zaad Mahmood teaches political science at Presidency University, Kolkata, India. His research focuses on political economy of reforms, labour politics, public policy, and electoral politics in South Asia and specifically India. He has published his research in jounals like Business and Politics, Journal of South Asian Development, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, and Industrial Law Journal, and has contributed in many books. He is a consistent commentator on political events in regional and national news channels.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Globalization and Policy ReformChapter 1: Globalization, Policy Reform, and the Labour MarketChapter 2: Locating the Politics of Reform: Labour Market in Indian StatesChapter 3: Political Economy and Partisan Government: Configuration of Labour ReformChapter 4: Partisan Government and Interest GroupsChapter 5: Party System: Partisanship, Interest Groups, and PoliticsChapter 6: Conclusions: The Political Economy of Reforms AppendixBibliographyIndexAbout the Author