Public or Private Leviathan? The Politics of Crime Reduction and Infrastructure Development in Contemporary Bihar

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Brief Overview

This paper explores the microfoundations of the criminal-contractor-politician nexus in India and asks if accomodation theories can explain the success in reduction of organized crime in states with weak capacity.

Authors

• Aaditya Dar, World Bank

• Ashwani Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences