Mapping Power

The Political Economy of Electricity in India's States

Edited by Navroz K. Dubash, Sunila S. Kale, and Ranjit Bharvirkar

First political-economy analysis of electricity sector across most of India's states.
Analytic framework to guide future researchers and policymakers.
Analysis of how the electricity sector shapes political outcomes, of interest to political scientists.

Mapping Power

The Political Economy of Electricity in India's States

Edited by Navroz K. Dubash, Sunila S. Kale, and Ranjit Bharvirkar

Description

Despite several decades of reform, India's electricity sector remains marked by the twin problems of financial indebtedness and inability to provide universal, high quality electricity for all. Although political obstacles to reform are frequently invoked in electricity policy debates, Mapping Power provides the first thorough analysis of the political economy of electricity in Indian states. Through narratives of the electricity sectors in fifteen major states, this book argues that a historically-rooted political economy analysis provides the most useful means to understand the past and identify reforms for the future. The book begins with an analytic framework to understand how the political economy of power both shapes and is shaped by a given state's larger political economy. The book concludes with a synthetic account of the political economy of electricity that is animated by insights from the state-level empirical materials. The volume shows that attempts to depoliticize the sector are misplaced. Instead, successful reform efforts should aim at a positive dynamic between electricity reform and electoral success.

Mapping Power

The Political Economy of Electricity in India's States

Edited by Navroz K. Dubash, Sunila S. Kale, and Ranjit Bharvirkar

Author Information

Ranjit Bharvirkar, Director, India program, Regulatory Assistance Project,Navroz K. Dubash, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research,Sunila Kale

Contributors:

Ranjit Bharvirkar
Navroz K. Dubash
Sunila S. Kale
Ashwini K. Swain
Md. Zakaria Siddiqui
Megha Kaladharan
Siddharth Sareen
Rohit Chandra
Meera Sudhakar
Kalpana Dixit
Mrigakshi Das
Mahaprajna Nayak
Hema Ramakrishnan
Jonathan Balls
Elizabeth Chatterjee