Planning Democracy - Couverture souple

Menon, Nikhil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009044583 ISBN 13 : 9781009044585

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

The Indian planning project was one of the postcolonial world's most ambitious experiments. Planning Democracy explores how India fused Soviet-inspired economic management and Western-style liberal democracy at a time when they were widely considered fundamentally contradictory. After nearly two centuries of colonial rule, planning was meant to be independent India's route to prosperity. In this engaging and innovative account, Nikhil Menon traces how planning built India's knowledge infrastructure and data capacities, while also shaping the nature of its democracy. He analyses the challenges inherent in harmonizing technocratic methods with democratic mandates and shows how planning was the language through which the government's aspirations for democratic state-building were expressed. Situating India within international debates about economic policy and Cold War ideology, Menon reveals how India walked a tightrope between capitalism and communism which heightened the drama of its development on the global stage.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nikhil Menon is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009044583
• ISBN 13: 9781009044585
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
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