Ascending India and Its State Capacity : Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy / William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganguly, Sumit, author.

Thompson, William R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--India.

National security.

India--Politics and government--21st century.

India.

India--Foreign relations--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India's political and economic institutions India's ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in recent years. This comprehensive study by Sumit Ganguly and William Thompson, two highly distinguished scholars of political science and international relations, delves into the intricate inner workings of this great Asian nation to reveal an Indian state struggling to maintain national security, domestic order, and steady fiscal growth despite weaknesses in its economic and political institutions. The authors' sobering account questions India's perceived strengths and domestic and foreign policy initiatives, while focusing on the South Asian giant's infrastructural and economic growth problems, opposition to reform, and other important hurdles the nation has faced and will continue to face over the coming decade and beyond.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. The Indian State's Capacity to Get Things Done

2. Ascending Major Powers

State Capacity

3. Conceptualizing and Measuring State Strength

4. Extraction and Legitimacy

5. Violence Monopoly

State-Capacity Corollaries

6. The Economy

7. Infrastructure

8. Inequality

9. Democratic Institutions

10. Grand Strategy

11. Defense and Security Policies

Summary and Conclusion

12. Ascending India-Its State-Capacity Problems and Prospects

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

OCLC:

967392315