State, bureaucracy and change in India
By: Pedersen, Jorgen Dige.
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ArticleSubject(s): Civil Service | Bureaucracy | Bureaucracy - India
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Journal of Development studiesSummary: The article discussess the nature of the Indian state and of the Indian bureaucracy. During the 1980s, it was widely believed that the Indian bureaucracy constituted a dominant class and that this dominance is the root cause of economic stagnation. When confronted with empirical evidence, this assertion seems less convincing. The complex picture that emerges of the Indian state does not totally contradict the dominant view. This complexity points to a need for a more elaborated theoretical understanding of the role of the state and of the public bureaucracy. The article concludes b sketching the outlines of such a possible revised theoretical framewor - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Issue no: 28(4) Jul.92, p.616-39 | Available | AR22560 |
The article discussess the nature of the Indian state and of the Indian bureaucracy. During the 1980s, it was widely believed that the Indian bureaucracy constituted a dominant class and that this dominance is the root cause of economic stagnation. When confronted with empirical evidence, this assertion seems less convincing. The complex picture that emerges of the Indian state does not totally contradict the dominant view. This complexity points to a need for a more elaborated theoretical understanding of the role of the state and of the public bureaucracy. The article concludes b sketching the outlines of such a possible revised theoretical framewor - Reproduced.
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