The two inheritors of the British colonialism, India and Pakistan who got independence in the aftermath of Second World War inherited poverty and underdevelopment at the end of the colonial rule. The colonial rule ended in destroying the traditional and indigenous institutions and a legacy of colonial capitalism. Pakistan and India followed two different approaches of development. India chose t...

This address explores a broad framework for thinking sociologically about emancipatory alternatives to dominant institutions and social structures, especially capitalism. The framework is grounded in two foundational propositions: (1) Many forms of human suffering and many deficits in human flourishing are the result of existing institutions and social structures. (2) Transforming existing inst...

************************************************************************************** Retreaded Indian State: Symbiotic Relationship of Surveillance and Capitalist Development in 21st Century P. Arun Department of Political Science, University of Delhi [email protected] Modern technological advancement brings about changes in the nature and functions of the modern state, which makes it esse...

The phenomenon of crony capitalism has been explored primarily with reference to its impact on economic growth. This study investigates the political implications of crony capitalism and, specifically, the interaction between political competition and crony capitalism. Based on a case study of political trajectories in two regions of the Russian Federation, I argue that under crony capitalism p...

Research and scientific explanation about discourse democracy theory of Jurgen Habermas  and studying and evaluating reflection and generalization of his philosophical and epistemological principles are objectives which the researcher follows in this research From this view, there is studied representation of concepts and categories such as cognitive interests, communication action, discoursing...

Abstract This article argues that the relationship between capitalism and democracy is not immutable but subject to changes over time best understood as movements across distinctive growth representation regimes. Growth regimes are institutionalized practices central how a country secures economic prosperity based on complementary sets of firm strategies government policies. Representation refl...

This paper develops a positive theory of growth and redistribution in which agents care about both their absolute and relative levels of consumption. As in Alesina and Rodrik (1994), public goods are productive and are financed by a tax on capital. Equilibrium tax policy is chosen by a pivotal voter and is shown to reflect the strength of status preferences and the distributions of wealth and p...

The article presents a philosophical study of the social, political, legal, labor, cultural and anthropological status person in modern conditions informatization, economic liberalism, limited employment, post-democracy, visual culture pandemic. growth precariat is regarded as catalyst for movement opposite vectors: activities power performative actionism political subjects. As optimal integrat...