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The state of Kerala in southern India is notable for the ways in which lower-class mobilization and state intervention have combined to create one of the most successful cases of social and redistributive development in the Third World. In contrast to...
Brief description: Patrick Heller is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Review Quotes:
This is a well-written book that will be of interest to South Asia specialists as well as students of development studies, economic sociology, political economy, industrial relations, and democratization.
--Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania "American Journal of Sociology"