Kanta Murali

Associate Professor; Interim Undergraduate Director and Associate Chair, Department of Political Science
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Areas of interest

  • Comparative Political Economy of Development
  • Indian Politics
  • Politics of Growth and Economic Policy
  • State-Business Relations
  • Labour policy
  • State Capacity
  • Inequality
  • Ethnicity and Economic Development

Biography

Main Bio

Research interests include comparative political economy of development, Indian politics, politics of growth and economic policy, state-business relations, state capacity, ethnicity and economic development, inequality, and labor policy. Her current focus is on the political and social drivers of economic policy in developing countries. Her publications include Caste, Class and Capital: The Social and Political Origins of Economic Policy in India (2017, Cambridge University Press) and a co-edited volume (with Atul Kohli and Christophe Jaffrelot), Business and Politics in India, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. She received a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.