State, Society, and Foreign Capital in India

Addresses the socio-political factors such as ideas and interests of political actors, which produce the different levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in states of India.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. FDI inflows in India: ideas, interests, and institutional change; 3. FDI inflows in Tamil Nadu: inclusionary ideas, weakened interests, and incremental institutional change; 4. Making FDI work in Tamil Nadu; 5. FDI inflows in Odisha: weakened ideas, strong interests, and unstable institutional change; 6. Making FDI work in Odisha?; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Sojin Shin is at the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on India's political economy and regional politics. As a comparative political scientist and area specialist, she is interested in puzzles of uneven economic and political development among Indian states.

Product details

• Authors: Sojin Shin, Sojin (National University of Singapore) Shin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108425063
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42506-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, India, macroeconomics, Political science & theory, economic growth, Political Economy, Political science and theory, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government