00932pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001700040245007400057260000900131300001600140362001100156520057700167650002000744773003400764180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKarnik, Ajit  aOvercoming political obstacles to economic reforms via redistribution  c2002  ap.2059-064.  a25 May  aPolitical obstacles to the reforms process is a genuine problem in most reforming economies.  Such obstacles, it is feared, shackle a reforming government, which is then unable to complete the reforms agenda.  This paper argues that the magnitude of political economy problems may be exaggerated and that a way out of the impasse is possible.  An approach to political calculus is developed that sets out the conditions under which broad-based reforms may be introduced by the government without electoral dangers.  This approach is tested using Indian data. - Reproduced.  aEconomic reform  aEconomic and Political Weekly