Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state, and how are these engagements conducted? This book consid

India no longer gets an easy ride as the world's largest democracy. Spectacular terrorist attacks on its Parliament and places of worship, communal riots of unp

Concentrating on the micro-institutional variables and the role of regional elites, the author investigates the political roots of the divergence of development

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Governance discourse centers on an "ideal type" of modern statehood that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of