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Informationen zum Autor Seyed Hossein Zarhani is post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. Klappentext Concentrating on the micro-institutional variables and the role of regional elites, the author investigates the political roots of the divergence of development trajectories among India's subnational states since the liberalization, as an essential aspect of the political economy of development in India. Zusammenfassung Concentrating on the micro-institutional variables and the role of regional elites, the author investigates the political roots of the divergence of development trajectories among India’s subnational states since the liberalization, as an essential aspect of the political economy of development in India. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Puzzle of Divergent Development Trajectories within a Debated (non)-Developmental State 2. State of Art: Governance and Comparative Political Economy 3. Theoretical Framework 4. Elite Agency and Development in Andhra Pradesh (I): Confrontation and Populism in the Age of Tollywood Superstar 5. Elite Agency and Development in Andhra Pradesh (II): Pragmatism, Cooperation and Pro-Growth Policies in Era of the CEO of Andhra Pradesh 6. Elite Agency and Development in Bihar (I): Confrontation and Populism in Era of ‘Gharibon Ka Masiha’ 7. Elite Agency and Development in Bihar (II): Pragmatism, Cooperation, and Reforms in the Era of ‘Sushasan Babu’ 8. Conclusion: a Transformed Institutional Arrangement, Rational Regional Leaders, and Development
