What is the Nature of Indian State ?
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The state of nature, in moral and political philosophy, religion, social contract theories, and international law, is the hypothetical life of people before societies came into existence.
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The character of the Indian State has changed drastically over the past two decades. The article reviews the earlier characterisation of the Indian state and finds the theorisation ill-equipped to understand the current balance of social force. It further argues that the manifest tension between the Indian state is between the “economics of markets” and “politics of democracy”. The policies spearheaded by the logic of the economics of markets are hegemonic in nature which are also are excluding mass of people from the benefits of economic growth and development. The people excluded by the economics of markets are sought to be included by politics of democracy. But why does the Indian democracy provide an apparent picture of stability? The article through field data tries to show that this apparent stability is provided by the middle class who have been the major beneficiary of the economic reforms and they have acquired the legitimacy to speak on behalf of the society.
Keywords: State, India, Politics of Markets, Economic Reforms, Democracy, Middle Class.