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100			_aVarshney, Ashutosh
245			_aDemocracy, development, and the countryside : urban-rural struggles in India
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998
300			_ax, 214 p. : _bill. ; _c22.5 cm.
365			_b16.99 _cGBP _d00
490			_aCambridge studies in comparative politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aSeveral scholars have written about how authoritarian or democratic political systems affect industrialization in the developing countries. There is no literature, however, on whether or not democracy makes a difference to the power and well-being of the countryside. Through the example of India, which enjoys the longest-surviving democracy of the developing world, this book investigates how the countryside uses the political system to advance its interests.
650			_aRural development
650			_aUrbanization
650			_aIndia
650			_aRural regions Economic conditions
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