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Morality, corruption and the state: insights from Jharkhand, Eastern India
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Abstract Corruption is analysed by addressing the interrelations between the moral and political economy regulating state-based welfare provision in Jharkhand, India. On the one hand, the article focuses on the rural elite to show that 'corrupt' practices are not just guided by financial utility but also by ... view more
Corruption is analysed by addressing the interrelations between the moral and political economy regulating state-based welfare provision in Jharkhand, India. On the one hand, the article focuses on the rural elite to show that 'corrupt' practices are not just guided by financial utility but also by non-material interests, underpinned by a multivarious moral economy. On the other hand, the article shows that the poorest in the rural areas (adivasis or Scheduled Tribes) keep away from the state, seeing it as beyond the moral pale, and instead resurrect an alternative sovereign structure. The adivasi perspectives are influenced by a political economy of historical experiences of the state and interrelations with the elites. The paper concludes that a particular political economy is intimately connected with a moral economy, and that transformations in political economy affect the moral economy.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Economics
Free Keywords
corruption; government, state policy, ideologies; morality; India; anthropology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 295-313
Journal
Journal of Development Studies, 45 (2009) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802600866
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)