Title India working : essays on society and economy / Barbara Harriss-White.

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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series	Contemporary South Asia ; 8
	Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ; 8.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-303) and indexes.
Contents	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.
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Summary	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 economy from political interference.
Subject	India -- Economic conditions -- 1947-
	India -- Economic policy -- 1991-2016
	India -- Economic policy -- 1947-
	India -- Social conditions -- 1947-
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
	India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
	Sociaal-economische situatie.
	Sozioökonomischer Wandel.
	India.
Chronological Term	Since 1947
Other Form:	Print version: Harriss-White, Barbara, 1946- India working. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2002074177
ISBN	0511064136 (electronic bk.)
	9780511064135 (electronic bk.)
	0511120028 (electronic bk.)
	9780511120022 (electronic bk.)
	9780511754319 (electronic bk.)
	0511754310 (electronic bk.)
	9780511072598 (electronic bk.)
	0511072597 (electronic bk.)

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