Title: Development and nationhood
Subtitle: essays in the political economy of South Asia
First published: 2005
Description: "This volume retells the story of India as one of unexpected surprises and unfulfilled expectations. For four decades after independence, to the world around it, India epitomized under-performance swathed in a posture of moral arrogance. Scarcely a decade after being written off, India occupies an enviable place in the new global economy. Even so, acute problems of poverty, deprivation, and ethnic trouble still exist and India is yet to come to terms with several aspects of development and nationhood - the twin pillars of democratic societies." "The essays in this volume explore issues as diverse as federalism and economic change in India, the imposition of Emergency, the rise of the BJP, communalism, socialism, the future of socialist planning and capitalist development, as also questions of nationality and the singular challenges presented by globalization."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Politics and government, Economic conditions, South asia, economic conditions, South asia, politics and government, Economic history
Places: South Asia
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: HC430.6 .D46 2005