Interrogating Settled Terrains of State Capacity: Explaining Governance Reforms in a Low-Capacity Milieu

Under what conditions do policy paradigms succeed in historically weak states? To answer these questions, this paper examines the subnational case of Bihar in India. The existing literature portrays Bihar as lacking capacity. Yet, between 2005 and 2010, astounding improvements have taken place in se...

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Main Author: HIMANSHU JHA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. 2022-07-01
Series:The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2717541322400046