%0 Journal Article
%T The State, Networks and Family Raj in Goa
%A Parag D. Parobo
%J Studies in Indian Politics
%@ 2321-7472
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2321023018797408
%X Goa achieved statehood in 1987. While from 1963 to 1989 there were only two legislators with ¡®dynastic ties¡¯, since 1990, there have been 23 political families contesting elections, with 10 dynastic candidates voted to the assembly. How might we understand the rise of ¡®family raj¡¯ in Goa¡¯s politics? What does Goa teach us about the relationship between economy and politics? This article analyses Goa¡¯s changing political economy and argues that apart from ¡®increasing financial returns associated with state power¡¯, it is the ¡®networked¡¯ contexts of these families that catapult them and sustain their growth. Two important political families and their particular networks are discussed to show how family raj is weaved in a wider network of power and money
%K Goa
%K statehood
%K political economy
%K family raj
%K networks
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023018797408