Analysing social opposition to reforms [electronic resource] : the electricity sector in India / V. Santhakumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santhakumar, V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric utilities--Government policy--India.

Electric utilities.

Electric utilities--Privatization--India.

Privatization--Social aspects--India.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines how market contexts shape the opposition of people to public. sector reforms, with evidence from the Indian electricity sector. Based on a survey. of 7,000 households in 14 Indian states and following a rational choice framework,. it analyses the response of households to the prospect of privatization of electricity. utilities. Analysing Social Opposition to Reforms: The Electricity Sector in India. discusses the possibility of compensating losers and sequencing reform strategies. It uses empirical evidence from the Indian electricity sector to suggest that. much of the oppo

Contents:

Introduction

The context of electricity reforms in India

Studies on opposition to reforms

Methodology and measurement issues

Factors determining social opposition

Differences in social opposition in the states

Measures for reducing social opposition

Analytical tool beyond electricity and India?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-159-8

1-281-96384-4

9786611963842

81-321-0049-2

OCLC:

476230592