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The book provides insights into the economic and social transformation that China has undergone from 1979 to the present. Based on the author's research in China for over three decades, China's Transformation: The Success Story and the Success Trap shows how its 'reform and open door' policy evolved and helped achieve tremendous economic success. However, it also generated serious social and environmental problems. The book presents that the consequences of this success story of growth are so strong that it has been difficult for China to change its main development path to achieve a desirable level of equity and sustainability. The author describes this as the 'success trap' that China is currently grappling with.

Both India and China have experienced economic changes and growing social consciousness. which have generated new challenges for local institutions. This volume closely. studies the resultant grass-roots political experiences in these countries from. an interdisciplinary perspective. It examines the process of democratisation and. highlights the growing demands for participation and the complex power structures. interjecting them. The contributors to this volume discuss issues relating to institutional structures. and the dynamics of local governance in a changing socio-economic environment. t

Contemporary India's political landscape is characterized by a great deal of social upheaval. This is the result of growing democratic consciousness which is increasingly conflicting with the forces of domination, authoritarianism and hegemony. Against this backdrop, this volume provides an understanding of these forces in both historical and analytical terms. In particular, the seminal essays gathered here explore the specificities of the crucial social categories of class, caste and gender, while simultaneously drawing attention to the arenas in which they intersect