Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

List of Figures xi

List of Abbreviations xii

Acknowledgements xiii

Foreword xvi

1 Introduction Chandan Sengupta Stuart Corbridge 1

2 Equality or Inclusion: The Dilemma of India's Democracy Meghnad Desai 8

3 Burden of Exception" Deficits and Deepening of Democratic Development in India Chandan Sengupta 16

4 The Continuing Reinvention of India John Harriss Stuart Corbridge 38

5 Development as Freedom and Justice: An Essay on Sen and Rawls Parthasarathi Mondal 60

6 Framing the Development Debate: The Case of Farmers' Suicide in India Ritambhara Hebbar 84

7 Institutional Credit and Economic Entitlement: Emerging Regional and Sectoral Divides in Maharashtra Abdul Shaban 111

8 Fiscal Decentralisation and Urban Local Governments in India: An Empirical Review Anita Rath 147

9 Decentralisation, Women's Rights and Development: Lessons from India and South Africa Jo Beall 172

10 Social Divisions and Rural Non-farm Sector: Lessons from India Gaurang R. Sahay 192

11 Development and Change in Agrarian Economy: Aspects of Rural Non-farm Sector in Andhra Pradesh, India Perumula Gopinath 214

12 Privatising Social Opportunity: Trends and Implications for Higher Education in India Anindita Chakrabarti 247

13 Healthcare Services and Development in India: A Study of Reproductive Health in Jharkhand P. M. Sandhya Rani 283

14 Public Intervention, Institutions and Human Development in India: Theory and Evidence Sandhya S. Iyer 294

About the Editors 322

Notes on Contributors 323

Index 326