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An Uncertain Glory : India and its Contradictions /

When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. Maintaining rapid as well as environmentally sustainable growth remains an important and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dreze, Jean (Autor), Sen, Amartya, 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A new India?
  • Integrating growth and development
  • India in comparative perspective
  • Accountability and corruption
  • The centrality of education
  • India's health care crisis
  • Poverty and social support
  • The grip of inequality
  • Democracy, inequality and public reasoning
  • The need for impatience.