This book offers rich analyses of economic growth in India viewed through the lenses of caste, regional politics and public investment.

List of tables; List of figures and maps; 1. From 'intermediate regime' to crony capitalism: changing contours of India's political economy R. Nagaraj and Sripad Motiram; Part I. Economy-wide Considerations: 2. The relationship between the Reserve Bank and the Government of India: political economy of central banking in India Partha Ray; 3. The limits of liberalization: the power sector Elizabeth Chatterjee; Part II. Political Economy by Regions of India: 4. Political economy of a dominant caste Rajeshwari Deshpande and Suhas Palshikar; 5. Populism and party: society developmental regimes in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Kalaiyarasan A.; 6. India's agricultural development: a regional perspective P. S. Vijayshankar; Part III. Urban Labour Markets: 7. Public sector employment: what has changed? R. Nagaraj; 8. New paradigms of labour relations: how much do they explain? Supriya Roy Chowdhury; Part IV. Land and Rural Labour: 9. Peripheral agriculture? Macro and micro dynamics of land sales and land use changes in the 'rural' economy of Kancheepuram M. Vijayabaskar and Ajit Menon; 10. Infrastructures of growth, corridors of power: the making of the SEZ Act 2005 Preeti Sampat; 11. Land-based financing for infrastructure: what is new about India's land conflicts? Sai Balakrishnan; 12. Political economy of land acquisition and resource development in India Shashi Ratnaker Singh; 13. Advice and dissent: the federal politics of reforming India's land acquisition legislation Rob Jenkins; 14. 'Workers' or 'beneficiaries': the varied politics of NREGA implementation in south-west Madhya Pradesh Nandini Nayak; About the contributors; Index.