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India working : essays on society and economy /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harriss-White, Barbara, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ; 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.