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Describe the changing nature of the State in the developing societies in the context of inclusive growth in the 21“century.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 10 marks
  • State in Comparative Perspective

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The post-colonial state was long described as Gunnar Myrdal's "soft state", strong in legislation but weak in enforcement, or Hamza Alavi's "overdeveloped state", a bureaucratic-military apparatus inherited from colonial rule. In the twenty-first century the agenda of inclusive growth, growth whose benefits reach the poor and excluded, has reshaped what this state does.

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  • From producer to provider and enabler
  • Features of the inclusive-growth state
  • Limits and reversals
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