India working : essays on society and economy

India working : essays on society and economy / Barbara Harriss-White.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harriss-White, Barbara, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ; 8.
Subjects:
Since 1947
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history
Economic policy
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Sociaal-economische situatie.
India > Economic conditions > 1947-
India > Economic policy > 1991-2016.
India
Indien
Inde > Conditions économiques > 1947- ...
Inde > Politique économique > 1966- ...
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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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