Download or read book Development, Democracy and the State written by K. Ravi Raman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social Development to date. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it sheds new light on the paradoxes of the Indian state and critiques its model of economic development.