Kanta Murali

Kanta Murali

First Name: 
Kanta
Last Name: 
Murali
Title: 
Associate Professor, Associate Chair (without portfolio)
Phone : 
416-978-8492
Office Location : 
SS 3043
Biography : 

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, ( Oxford University Press, 2019). She received a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.

Education: 
MESc, Smith College
MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD, Princeton University

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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