Front cover image for When Crime Pays

When Crime Pays

Milan Vaishnav (Author)
The first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics
eBook, English, 2017
Yale University Press, 2017
1 online resource
9780300224740, 0300224745
967394566
Lawmakers and lawbreakers : the puzzle of Indian democracy
The rise of the rents Raj : India's corruption ecosystem
Criminal enterprise : why criminals joined politics
The costs of democracy : how money fuels muscle in elections
Doing good by doing bad : the demand for criminality
The salience of social divisions : how context shapes criminality
Crime without punishment : from deep roots to proximate causes
An entrenched marketplace : rethinking democratic accountability