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India:economy politics society Stuart Corbridge, John Harrish and Craig Jeffrey

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Courbridge, Stuart

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xv,384 pISBN:

9780199450596

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DDC classification:

320.954 COR-I

Contents:

1. Making sense of India today -- Part I. Economy -- 2. When and why did India take off? -- 3. How have the poor fared (and others too)? -- 4. Why hasn't economic growth delivered more for Indian workers? -- 5. Is the Indian state delivering on promises of 'inclusive growth' and social justice? -- Part II. Politics -- 6. How did a 'weak' state promote audacious reform? -- 7. Has India's democracy been a success? -- 8. Is government in India becoming more responsive? -- 9. Has the rise of Hindu nationalism halted? -- 10. Rural dislocations: why has Maoism become such a force in India? -- Part III. Society -- 11. Does India have a civil society? -- 12. Does caste still matter in India? -- 13. How much have things changed for Indian women? -- 14. Can India benefit from its demographic dividend? -- 15. Afterword: India today, and India in the world.

Summary: Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Now India is being feted as an economic power-house which might well become the second largest economy in the world before the middle of this century. Its democratic traditions, moreover, remain broadly intact. How and why has this historic transformation come about? And what are its implications for the people of India, for Indian society and politics? These are the big questions addressed in this book by three scholars who have lived and researched in different parts of India during the period of this great transformation

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB	320.954 COR-I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Gifted by Prof. N. Sridharan		G000640

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1. Making sense of India today --
Part I. Economy --
2. When and why did India take off? --
3. How have the poor fared (and others too)? --
4. Why hasn't economic growth delivered more for Indian workers? --
5. Is the Indian state delivering on promises of 'inclusive growth' and social justice? --
Part II. Politics --
6. How did a 'weak' state promote audacious reform? --
7. Has India's democracy been a success? --
8. Is government in India becoming more responsive? --
9. Has the rise of Hindu nationalism halted? --
10. Rural dislocations: why has Maoism become such a force in India? --
Part III. Society --
11. Does India have a civil society? --
12. Does caste still matter in India? --
13. How much have things changed for Indian women? --
14. Can India benefit from its demographic dividend? --
15. Afterword: India today, and India in the world.

Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Now India is being feted as an economic power-house which might well become the second largest economy in the world before the middle of this century. Its democratic traditions, moreover, remain broadly intact. How and why has this historic transformation come about? And what are its implications for the people of India, for Indian society and politics? These are the big questions addressed in this book by three scholars who have lived and researched in different parts of India during the period of this great transformation

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