Colonial rule, decolonisation, and corruption in India
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Kenny, Paul. (2015). Colonial rule, decolonisation, and corruption in India. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 53(4), pp. 401 - 427. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2015.1089002
Authors | Kenny, Paul |
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Abstract | This paper posits that the varied legacies of colonial rule and decolonisation can explain interstate variation in the institutionalisation of corruption in post-independence India. It concludes that the relative freedom from state capture after independence depended on two conditions: (1) the institutionalisation of bureaucratic autonomy prior to independence and (2) the survival of the disruption of decolonisation by an autonomous bureaucracy to be utilised by new representative governments following independence. These conditions were generally not met across India with the exception of the southern state of Kerala. |
Keywords | corruption; indirect Rule; decolonisation; India; Kerala |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Commonwealth & Comparative Politics |
Journal citation | 53 (4), pp. 401 - 427 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1466-2043 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2015.1089002 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84944677435 |
Page range | 401 - 427 |
Research Group | Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
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