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When crime pays : money and muscle in Indian politics / Milan Vaishnav.
LIBRA JQ229.C6 V35 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vaishnav, Milan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--India.
- Political corruption.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 410 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Part I
- 1 Lawmakers and Lawbreakers: The Puzzle of Indian Democracy 3
- 2 The Rise of the Rents Raj: India's Corruption Ecosystem 25
- Part II
- 3 Criminal Enterprise: Why Criminals Joined Politics 73
- 4 The Costs of Democracy: How Money Fuels Muscle in Elections 115
- 5 Doing Good by Doing Bad: The Demand for Criminality 157
- 6 The Salience of Social Divisions: How Context Shapes Criminality 205
- Part III
- 7 Crime without Punishment: From Deep Roots to Proximate Causes 245
- 8 An Entrenched Marketplace: Rethinking Democratic Accountability 281.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-400) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300216202
- 0300216203
- OCLC:
- 946481762
- Publisher Number:
- 99971602848
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