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Critically examine the neo-liberal -theory of State.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 20 marks
  • Theories of the State

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The neo-liberal theory is a post-war liberal counter-attack on the welfare state, organised from 1947 through the Mont Pelerin Society. Its exponents — Friedrich A. Hayek, Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick — confine the state to securing property, contract and sound money. Its insights into the limits of the state are real; its claim to…

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  • The Theory at Its Strongest
  • Critique
  • Counter-Evidence: The State Returns
  • India: A Hybrid
  • Conclusion
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