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Milovan Djilas

1911–1995

How Milovan Djilas is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 1 other work — including Congress Misrule and the Swatantra Alternative .

In Congress Misrule and the Swatantra Alternative : Djilas's 'The New Class' supplies the theoretical backbone of Masani's argument that state socialism produces an exploiting bureaucratic class, transposing Eastern European dissident analysis onto the Indian planning debate.

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Primary works (2)

  • Congress Misrule and the Swatantra Alternative · 1966
    • "He invokes Milovan Djilas's 'The New Class' and the testimony of demographer S. Chandrasekhar on Chinese communes to show that state capitalism produces a new exploiting bureaucratic class rather than social justice." — Djilas is paired with Chandrasekhar to ground the New Class thesis in both Soviet and Chinese evidence
    • "Masani deploys Milovan Djilas's 'The New Class' and S. Chandrasekhar's account of Chinese communes to argue that state capitalism produces a more exploitative bureaucratic class than private capitalism in the rendered pages." — summary key-point restating Djilas's centrality to the anti-collectivist case
  • PERESTROIKA AND INDIA – THE GLOBAL PROCESS · n.d.