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Rahul De
Rahul is an Assistant Professor at the School of Liberal Studies, Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Hyderabad. His PhD thesis studies the history of capitalist development in India since independence which he has published as a book titled 'A History of Economic Policy in India: Crisis, Coalitions, and Contingency' with Cambridge University Press
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What explains policy change? Understanding the historical political economy of India
Drawing on insights from his new book, ‘History of Economic Policy in India’, Rahul De frames policy change as precipitating through three circumstances: crisis, coalitions, and contingency. He uses historical examples of policymaking in post-independent India to delineate why and under what circumstances certain policies were implemented. Using instances from the Nehruvian planning regime to the economic liberalisation in 1991, this article aims to use political economy concepts to incisively explain major economic policy changes in India.
