| Date | Time | Location |
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| Friday, January 25, 2013 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
What are the political conditions conducive to growth-oriented policies in poor democracies? To gain insight into this larger question, my research examines subnational policy variation in the competition for private investment in India, which ensued as a result of economic reforms in 1991. Despite being affected by the common shock of liberalization in 1991, some Indian states have been far more pro-active and investor-friendly in the competition for investment than others. Why have some states been more business-friendly than their counterparts? At a proximate level, I argue that certain class configurations of electoral coalitions in India are more favorable to pro-business policies than others. At a deeper level, I trace the emergence of different types of electoral coalitions to the role of identity politics and underlying social demography in Indian states. The broader research project combines qualitative case studies of Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar with quantitative analysis. In this talk, I present evidence from the case studies.
Kanta Murali is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include comparative political economy of development, Indian politics, politics of growth and economic policy, state-business relations and labor policy.
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