Planning Democracy

Modern India's Quest for Development

AvNikhil Menon

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

The Indian planning project was one of the postcolonial world's most ambitious experiments. Planning Democracy explores how India fused Soviet-inspired economic management and Western-style liberal democracy at a time when they were widely considered fundamentally contradictory. After nearly two centuries of colonial rule, planning was meant to be independent India's route to prosperity. In this engaging and innovative account, Nikhil Menon traces how planning built India's knowledge infrastructure and data capacities, while also shaping the nature of its democracy. He analyses the challenges inherent in harmonizing technocratic methods with democratic mandates and shows how planning was the language through which the government's aspirations for democratic state-building were expressed. Situating India within international debates about economic policy and Cold War ideology, Menon reveals how India walked a tightrope between capitalism and communism which heightened the drama of its development on the global stage.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-31
Mått:152 x 228 x 15 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:292
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009044585

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Nikhil Menon is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

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'Written with wit and energy, impeccably well researched, Planning Democracy makes a bold new contribution to our understanding of the Indian state after 1947. Menon's is the best history we have of India's great experiment with statistics: a data-driven attack on social and economic inequality that aimed, not always successfully, to be compatible with participatory democracy. Menon combines intellectual and institutional history to make a compelling case that we should focus less on whether planning “succeeded” or “failed,” in any narrow sense, and more on the profound ways it shaped India's political imagination. This excellent book is sure to find a wide and appreciative audience across disciplines.' Sunil Amrith, Yale University

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Data: 1. A Nation in Numbers; 2. Calcutta Conquers Delhi; 3. Chasing Computers; Part II. Democracy?: 4. Help the Plan—Help Yourself; 5. Salvation in Service; Epilogue; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.