"This book problematises the statist underpinnings of the concept of the 'developmental state,' both in terms of state-society and national-global relations, challenging the notion that the state is the agent of national development qua being autonomous from the domestic and global economies....

Economic globalization, segmentation, and integration -- India and globalization : performance, perceptions, and policy -- Economic integration prior to liberalization -- Continuity and change in economic planning -- Fiscal federalism : finance commission's adaptation to new challenges --...