The 1990s have witnessed the ascendance of a new orthodoxy which asserts that democracy and development are mutually reinforcing. However, many new democracies are illiberal, non-participatory, and characterized by enormous inequalities. This important new study examines the extent to which it is possible to strive towards a new form of developmental state that can promote broad-based and equitable development in the context of legitimized, inclusive democracy.

• Introduction


• Part I. The Democratic Developmental State


• 1: Gordon White: Constructing a Democratic Developmental State


• 2: Adrian Leftwich: Forms of the Democratic Developmental State: Democratic Practices and Development Capacity


• 3: Mick Moore: Death Without Taxes: Democracy, State Capacity, and Aid Dependence in the Fourth World


• Part II. Political Institutions and Social Forces


• 4: James Manor: Democratization and the Developmental State: The Search for Balance


• 5: Mark Robinson: Democracy, Participation, and Public Policy: The Politics of Institutional Design


• 6: Rob Jenkins: The Developmental Implications of Federal Political Institutions in India


• 7: Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings: Democratic Institutions and Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa


• Part III. Deepening Democracy


• 8: Anne Marie Goetz: Fiddling with Democracy: Translating Women's Participation in Politics in Uganda and South Africa into Gender-Equity in Development Practice


• 9: Susanna Davies: Democratization and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods


• 10: Robin Luckham: Are There Alternatives to Liberal Democracy?