UID:
almafu_9959242963602883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-13207-X
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1-280-16097-7
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1-139-14763-3
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0-511-12002-8
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0-511-06413-6
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0-511-05780-6
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0-511-30775-6
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0-511-75431-0
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0-511-07259-7
Series Statement:
Contemporary South Asia ; 8
Content:
By drawing on her extensive fieldwork in India and on the adjacent theoretical literature, 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, the state, gender, religious plurality, caste and space. Despite the complexity of the subject, the book is vivid and compelling. The author's intimate knowledge of the country enables the reader to experience the Indian local scene and to engage with the precariousness of daily life. Her conclusion challenges the prevailing notion that liberalisation releases the economy from political interference and leads to a postscript on the economic base for fascism in India. This is an intelligent book, first published in 2002, by a distinguished scholar, for students of economics, as well as for those studying the region.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; Maps, figures and tables; Glossary; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: the character of the Indian economy; 2 The workforce and its social structures; 3 Indian development and the intermediate classes; 4 The local State and the informal economy; 5 Gender, family businesses and business families; 6 India's religious pluralism and its implications for the economy; 7 Caste and corporatist capitalism; 8 Space and synergy; 9 How India works; 10 Postscript: proto-fascist politics and the economy
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Appendix 1 Liberalisation and Hindu fundamentalism Appendix 2 Relations between the developmental State and the intermediate classes; References; Index of names; Index of places; Index of subjects
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-00763-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-80979-7
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511754319
