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100			_aEdited By Navroz K. Dubash _910422
245			_aMapping Power: The Political Economy of Electricity in India’s States
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2025
300			_a380 p.
520			_aElectricity is critical to enabling India’s economic growth and providing a better future for its citizens. In spite of several decades of reform, the Indian electricity sector is unable to provide high-quality and affordable electricity for all, and grapples with the challenge of poor financial and operational performance. To understand why, Mapping Power provides the most comprehensive analysis of the political economy of electricity in India’s states. With chapters on fifteen states by scholars of state politics and electricity, this volume maps the political and economic forces that constrain and shape decisions in electricity distribution. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it concludes that attempts to depoliticize the sector are misplaced and could worsen outcomes. Instead, it suggests that a historically grounded political economy analysis helps understand the past and devise reforms to simultaneously improve sectoral outcomes and generate political rewards. These arguments have implications for the challenges facing India’s electricity future, including providing electricity to all, implementing government reform schemes, and successfully managing the rise of renewable energy.
600			_aResources _910423
650			_aPower _910424
700			_aKale, Sunila S. (Ed.) _910425
700			_aBharvirkar, Ranjit (Ed.) _910426
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