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.