Rule of Informal Institutions in Democracy: Implications for Regional Disparity in an Indian State

IF 1.3 Q1 AREA STUDIES Millennial Asia Pub Date : 2024-05-05 DOI:10.1177/09763996241244558

Laxmikanta Gual, Amarendra Das

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Abstract

This article attempts to understand and theorize the issue of persistent regional disparity within democratic structures using an institutional perspective. Institutional economists widely acknowledge the role of democratic institutions in improving redistribution and reducing inequalities. However, persistent regional disparity within democratic nations has become a cause of concern for both developed and developing nations. There is hardly any study that either attempts to develop a separate institutional framework to explain regional variation or to examine the applicability of these frameworks in the regional context. Our article is an attempt to fill this gap. In this article, we have taken the case of Odisha, a low-income state within the largest democracy in the world, India, and tried to theorize its wide and persistent regional disparities. The novelty of this article is conceptualizing the interactions between formal and informal institutions and drawing implications of their interactions for regional disparity and economic growth.

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民主中的非正式机构规则：对印度一个邦的地区差距的影响

本文试图从制度的角度来理解民主结构中长期存在的地区差距问题，并将其理论化。制度经济学家普遍承认民主制度在改善再分配和减少不平等方面的作用。然而，民主国家内部持续存在的地区差距已成为发达国家和发展中国家共同关注的问题。几乎没有任何研究试图建立一个单独的制度框架来解释地区差异，或研究这些框架在地区背景下的适用性。我们的文章试图填补这一空白。在本文中，我们以世界上最大的民主国家印度的低收入邦奥迪沙邦为例，试图从理论上解释其广泛而持久的地区差异。本文的新颖之处在于将正式和非正式机构之间的互动概念化，并得出它们的互动对地区差距和经济增长的影响。

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Millennial Asia AREA STUDIES-

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4.50

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期刊介绍： Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary, refereed biannual journal of the Association of Asia Scholars (AAS)–an association of the alumni of the Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF). It aims to encourage multifaceted, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on Asia, in order to understand its fast changing context as a growth pole of global economy. By providing a forum for Asian scholars situated globally, it promotes dialogue between the global academic community, civil society and policy makers on Asian issues. The journal examines Asia on a regional and comparative basis, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond national borders and are globally relevant. Modern and contemporary Asia has witnessed dynamic transformations in cultures, societies, economies and political institutions, among others. It confronts issues of collective identity formation, ecological crisis, rapid economic change and resurgence of religion and communal identifies while embracing globalization. An analysis of past experiences can help produce a deeper understanding of contemporary change. In particular, the journal is interested in locating contemporary changes within a historical perspective, through the use of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. This way, it hopes to promote comparative studies involving Asia’s various regions. The journal brings out both thematic and general issues and the thrust areas are: Asian integration, Asian economies, sociology, culture, politics, governance, security, development issues, arts and literature and any other such issue as the editorial board may deem fit. The core fields include development encompassing agriculture, industry, regional trade, social sectors like health and education and development policy across the region and in specific countries in a comparative perspective.