{"product_id":"the-gated-republic-indias-public-policy-failures-and-private-solutions-hardcover","title":"The Gated Republic: India's Public Policy Failures and Private Solutions - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShankkar Aiyar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy years since it became a republic, India has come a long way. But it is still failing on some key fronts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiped drinking water for all continues to be a pipe dream; homes and businesses are haunted by power outages; the lack of proper primary health care renders the poorest more vulnerable; millions of children coming out of schools lack rudimentary skills; and the security of lives and enterprises, a source of great anxiety, depends on private contractors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndians are seceding from dependence on the government for these most basic of services and are investing in the pay-and-plug economy. They have internalized the incapacity of the state to deliver these and are opting for private providers despite the costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can India sustain private republics amidst public failures in a landscape scarred by social and economic fault lines? What are the possible solutions?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan government reinvent itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gated Republic\u003c\/i\u003e presents an interrogative view of the history and future of private India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShankkar Aiyar\u003c\/b\u003e is a prominent India-based political economy analyst, columnist and author. His path-breaking book Accidental India fetched him acclaim as a public intellectual. A journalist for over three decades, Aiyar has covered every parliamentary election since 1984. His 1991 scoop on India pledging its gold reserves drew world attention to the crisis in the economy which consequently compelled liberalisation. Aiyar has analysed every Budget since liberalization. As a columnist Aiyar specializes in the interface of politics and economics. He has authored a study on India's socio-economic fault lines and its hundred worst districts. His investigation on twenty-five years of political corruption is part of an anthology. He has been a Wolfson Chevening Fellow at Cambridge University where he studied the lifecycles of emerging economies. Aiyar is a Visiting Fellow at the IDFC Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583646482653,"sku":"9789353573874","price":29.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/wBRWM3PQDK9789353573874.webp?v=1783953028","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-gated-republic-indias-public-policy-failures-and-private-solutions-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}