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This book discusses the development and social democratic governance in the Indian state of Kerala, which is often seen as a model worth emulating. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social Development, using an interdisciplinary approach. The book sheds light on the paradoxes of the Indian state and its economic development model, and critiques the linear narrative of progress, development, and democracy. It explores the past and present dimensions of the Kerala experience from a historical and political-economic perspective, and offers a fresh understanding of the state's emerging concerns and the need for an ethically viable development agenda. This book is a significant contribution to the literature on development, democracy, and the state, as it examines the complex interconnectedness of political-economic and socio-cultural factors in these experiences.
The Indian state of Kerala is known for its high social model of development and social democratic governance. This book presents the most comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social Development to date. The model has often been identified as one worth emulating because it is seen to have taken the state to the zenith of human development and democratic governance. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on the paradoxes of the Indian state and its model of economic development. The book provides a consolidated exploration and critique of the Kerala model, which usually has been portrayed as linear with the grand narrative of progress, development and democracy. Chapters discuss the past and present dimensions of the Kerala experience from a historical and political-economic perspective, thus providing a fresh understanding of the emerging concerns in the state and the construction of an ethically viable development agenda, eschewing the scourge of social inequity. A significant contribution to the literature on development, democracy and the state, it analyses the complex interconnectedness of the various political-economic and socio-cultural domains involved in these experiences.
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