Vaishnav, Milan,

When crime pays : money and muscle in Indian politics / Milan Vaishnav. - London : Yale University Press, 2017. - xxiii, 410 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-400) and index.

Lawmakers and lawbreakers : the puzzle of Indian democracy -- The rise of the rents Raj : India's corruption ecosystem -- Criminal enterprise : why criminals joined politics -- The costs of democracy : how money fuels muscle in elections -- Doing good by doing bad : the demand for criminality -- The salience of social divisions : how context shapes criminality -- Crime without punishment : from deep roots to proximate causes -- An entrenched marketplace : rethinking democratic accountability.

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Political corruption--India.
Political corruption--India.
Political corruption.


India--Social conditions--21st century.
India--Politics and government.
India.

JQ229.C6 / V35 2017

364.13230954 VAI.W