Vaishnav, Milan

When crime pays : Money and muscle in Indian politics / by Milan Vaishnav - Gurugram : Harper Collins Publications , 2018 . - 410 p. Paper Back 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 Science
India
Political corruption
Crime
Democracy
Election
Money and Politics

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