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India working essays on society and economy

✍ Scribed by Harriss-White, Barbara

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Leaves
338
Series
Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge England) 8
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Barbara Harriss-White describes the working of the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. Successive chapters explore a range of topics including labour, capital, and the state. The author's conclusion challenges the notion that liberalisation releases the economy from political interference.;Introduction: the character of the Indian economy -- Labour, work and its social construction in India -- Class: Indian development and the intermediate classes -- The local state and the informal economy -- Gender, family businesses and business families -- India's religious plurality and its implications for the economy -- Caste and corporatist capitalism -- Space and synergy -- How India works -- Postscript: Proto-fascist politics and the economy.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: the character of the Indian economy --
Labour, work and its social construction in India --
Class: Indian development and the intermediate classes --
The local state and the informal economy --
Gender, family businesses and business families --
India's religious plurality and its implications for the economy --
Caste and corporatist capitalism --
Space and synergy --
How India works --
Postscript: Proto-fascist politics and the economy.

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