Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jan 2017 Political Science
Who described the critical and creative role of politics in India as 'the Indian model of development'?
ARajni Kothari ✓ Correct
BAmartya Sen
CJagdish Bhagwati
DJames Manor
Correct answer: (A) Rajni Kothari — Rajni Kothari, in "Politics in India" (1970), described the critical and creative role of politics as the distinctively Indian model of development.
Explanation
★Rajni Kothari, in "Politics in India" (1970), described the critical and creative role of politics as the distinctively Indian model of development.
★Kothari argued that politics, not just economics, was the chief instrument through which a diverse society pursued integration and change.
★He is best known for the "Congress System" thesis, describing one-party dominance with internal competition and consensus.
★Amartya Sen works on welfare economics, capabilities and the "development as freedom" approach, not this formulation.
★Jagdish Bhagwati is a trade economist favouring growth-led, market-oriented development; James Manor writes on state-society relations.
★For NET, attach Kothari to "Politics in India", the Congress System, and the founding of CSDS.
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