Synopses & Reviews
Drawing on her knowledge of the country and on theoretical literature, Barbara Harris-White describes the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. The book explores a range of topics, including labor, class, the state, gender, religious plurality, caste and space. Harris-White's conclusion adeptly challenges the prevailing belief that liberalization releases the economy from political interference.
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"...the volume is well written and will be useful for general readers and students interested in Indian and Asian studies." Choice
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"This book engages with a wide range of scholarship grounded in different disciplines to expand our understanding of how the contemporary Indian economy works. [D]ue credit must also be given to the author Barbara Harris-White for her self-conscious effort to converse with theories and empirical works outside the formal confines of economic studies." Prakash Kumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Enterprise and Society
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-303) and indexes.
Synopsis
In this 2002 book, the author describes how the Indian economy works and whether liberalisation has actually helped ordinary Indians.
Synopsis
Drawing on her knowledge of the country and on theoretical literature, Barbara Harris-White describes the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. The book explores a range of topics, including labor, class, the state, gender, religious plurality, caste and space. Harris-White's conclusion adeptly challenges the prevailing belief that liberalization releases the economy from political interference.
About the Author
Barbara Harriss-White is Professor of Development Studies at Queen Elizabeth House, and Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: the character of the Indian economy; 2. Labour, work and its social construction in India; 3. Class: 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 plurality 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.