India Today: Economy, Politics and Society - Rilegato

Corbridge, Stuart; Harriss, John; Jeffrey, Craig

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ISBN 10: 0745661114 ISBN 13: 9780745661117

Casa editrice: Polity Pr, 2012

Riassunto

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.

Each of the 13 chapters seeks to answer a particular question: When and why did India take off? How did a weak state promote audacious reform? Is government in India becoming more responsive (and to whom)? Does India have a civil society? Does caste still matter? Why is India threatened by a Maoist insurgency? In addressing these and other pressing questions, the authors take full account of vibrant new scholarship that has emerged over the past decade or so, both from Indian writers and India specialists, and from social scientists who have studied India in a comparative context.

India Today is a comprehensive and compelling text for students of South Asia, political economy, development and comparative politics as well as anyone interested in the future of the world's largest democracy.

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Recensione:

"Encompassing a vast canvas succinctly and incisively, the book isa worthy addition to the scholarship on the subject."
The Hindu

"If you want a smart, pithy and extremely well–informed take on thecentral issues facing India today, as well as a guide to all themain debates, then this is the book you need."
Steven Wilkinson, Yale University

"Scrupulous and wide ranging in its survey of the relevantliterature, sober and balanced in its judgements on the economy,polity and society, this book will prove indispensable forunderstanding how and why India is what it is today, and where itmay be heading."
Achin Vanaik, Former Professor of International Relations andGlobal Politics, Department of Political Science, University ofDelhi

"A magisterial inter–disciplinary work that explains howpro–business reforms drove three decades of high growth in Indiaand then explores in depth the many challenges that yet remain.India is at an exciting stage of its journey: this book capturesits achievements and vulnerabilities."
Mushtaq H. Khan, SOAS, University of London

"This is an exceptional book that will provide a useful andup–to–date overview of contemporary India for both establishedscholars and those new to the field. It is also sufficientlycomprehensive and clearly written to make a useful teachingresource for both graduate and advanced undergraduatecourses."
Trent Brown, Australian Catholic University

L'autore:

Stuart Corbridge is professor of development studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

John Harriss is director of the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University.

Craig Jeffrey is professor of human geography at the University of Oxford.

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• Editore: Polity Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0745661114
• ISBN 13: 9780745661117
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384