Locked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India

by VivekChibber (Author)

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  2011

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  Why were some countries able to build developmental states after World War II while others were not? This book argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. It shows that the insufficient state capacity stemmed mainly from Indian industrialists' campaign against a developmental state.