Nehruvian Socialism, a Fine Balance: Reconciling Economic Planning and Democracy in Modern India (1947-64)

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Abstract: This work examines the origins of post-colonial India's political economy, and how centralised state planning was reconciled with India's democratic constitution. By analysing the work of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, this thesis shows that national unity and poverty were two overarching aims that guided India's political economy in the initial years after independence. After examining the intellectual history of state intervention and economic planning from the 1920s-1940s in the USA, USSR and Europe, the thesis explores how planning was conceived of in India. It also analyses the perspectives of Indian businesses and finally sees how planning was implemented during Nehru's rule from 1947-64 in the form of Five-Year Plans.

Type of resource	text
Date created	[ca. May 12, 2020]

Author	Mariwala, Vibhav
Primary advisor	Hansen, Thomas
Primary advisor	Crews, Robert
Degree granting institution	Department of History

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vz778qc9745

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Preferred Citation: Mariwala, Vibhav. (2020). Nehruvian Socialism, a Fine Balance: Reconciling Economic Planning and Democracy in Modern India (1947-64). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/vz778qc9745

Undergraduate Honors Theses, Department of History, Stanford University

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