Globalization and Labour Reforms
The Politics of Interest Groups and Partisan Governments
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9780199475278
Publication date:
14/08/2017
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252 pages
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ISBN:
9780199475278
Publication date:
14/08/2017
Hardback
252 pages
Zaad Mahmood
This book draws attention to the continuing relevance of local politics in influencing public policy. Using both qualitative and quantitative analyses, the book argues that ‘who governs’ matters for how globalization unfolds in any society and that public policies continue to be nuanced, if not shaped, by politics. By analysing the labour policy in India, It makes an important contribution to the dearth of political economy research on transitional economies.
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Zaad Mahmood
Description
Globalization, as commonly understood, limits policy choices of a nation by creating structural and institutional constraints. This leads to an important question: are political actors still relevant in shaping policy in the interest of domestic socio-economic concerns?
Locating labour as a critical political economy factor, essential for production and capable of political action, this book examines the political economy of labour reforms. Through a careful study of labour market reforms across subnational states of India, it draws attention to the continuing relevance of local politics in influencing public policy. Drawing on the evidence from the pairs of institutionally and economically alike states, Gujarat–Maharashtra and West Bengal–Andhra Pradesh, this book shows that despite pressures of convergence under conditions of globalization, reforms vary across states, depending on partisan governments, dynamics of interest group negotiations, and party competition. Using both qualitative and quantitative analyses, the book argues that ‘who governs’ matters for how globalization unfolds in any society, and that public policies continue to be nuanced, if not shaped, by politics.
By analysing the labour policy in India, the book makes an important contribution to political economy research on transitional economies.
About the Author
Zaad Mahmood is a departmental lecturer of South Asian politics and development, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK, and teaches political science at Presidency University, Kolkata, India.
Zaad Mahmood
Table of contents
List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Globalization and Policy Reform
1. Globalization, Policy Reform, and the Labour Market
2. Locating the Politics of Reform: Labour Market in Subnational States of India
3. Political Economy and Partisan Government: Configuration of Labour Reforms
4. Partisan Government and Interest Groups
5. Party System: Partisanship, Interest Groups, and Politics
Conclusion: Political Economy of Reforms
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Zaad Mahmood
Features
- Rigorous empirical research focused on role of political agents in influencing reforms under conditions of globalization
- Subnational comparison of variations in labour reforms across major states in India, including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal
- Multidisciplinary analysis focusing on political interventions in economic processes
Zaad Mahmood
Description
Globalization, as commonly understood, limits policy choices of a nation by creating structural and institutional constraints. This leads to an important question: are political actors still relevant in shaping policy in the interest of domestic socio-economic concerns?
Locating labour as a critical political economy factor, essential for production and capable of political action, this book examines the political economy of labour reforms. Through a careful study of labour market reforms across subnational states of India, it draws attention to the continuing relevance of local politics in influencing public policy. Drawing on the evidence from the pairs of institutionally and economically alike states, Gujarat–Maharashtra and West Bengal–Andhra Pradesh, this book shows that despite pressures of convergence under conditions of globalization, reforms vary across states, depending on partisan governments, dynamics of interest group negotiations, and party competition. Using both qualitative and quantitative analyses, the book argues that ‘who governs’ matters for how globalization unfolds in any society, and that public policies continue to be nuanced, if not shaped, by politics.
By analysing the labour policy in India, the book makes an important contribution to political economy research on transitional economies.
About the Author
Zaad Mahmood is a departmental lecturer of South Asian politics and development, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK, and teaches political science at Presidency University, Kolkata, India.
Table of contents
List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Globalization and Policy Reform
1. Globalization, Policy Reform, and the Labour Market
2. Locating the Politics of Reform: Labour Market in Subnational States of India
3. Political Economy and Partisan Government: Configuration of Labour Reforms
4. Partisan Government and Interest Groups
5. Party System: Partisanship, Interest Groups, and Politics
Conclusion: Political Economy of Reforms
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
