Development and nationhood : essays in the political economy of South Asia/
Meghnad Desai
- New Delhi: Oxford University press, 2005.
- xi, 410 p.; 25 cm.
1. Federalism, economic growth, and economic stagnation: an interpretive model of Indian politics 1947-66 -- 2. India: emerging contradictions of slow capitalist development -- 3. The emergency: past and future -- 4. The economic policy of the BJP -- 5. India: end of the first republic -- 6. Why is India a low inflation country? -- 7. Does India need new politics? -- 8. Death, democracy, and decline -- 9. Democracy and development: India 1947-2002 -- 10. Planning by numbers -- 11. Indian planning: techniques, perspective, and context -- 12. Is there life after Mahalanobis?: the political economy of India's new economic policy -- 13. Planning in a new perspective -- 14. Development perspectives: was there an alternative to Mahalanobis? --15. Capitalism, socialism, and the Indian economy --16. Economic reform: stalled by politics? -- 17. India's triple bypass: economic liberalization, the BJP, and the 1996 elections -- 18. What should India's economic priorities be in a globalizing world -- 19. Has liberalization worked in India? -- 20. Birth and death of nation-states: speculations about Germany and India -- 21. Towards a syncretic vision of India -- 22. Constructing nationality in a multinational democracy: the case of India -- 23. Communalism, secularism, and the Dilemma of Indian nationhood -- 24. Gujarat and its Bhasmita -- 25. South Asia: economic stagnation and economic change -- 26. Economic problems of South Asia -- 27. Defining a new vision for South Asia -- 28. Demand for cotton textiles in nineteenth century India -- 29. Macro econometric models for India: a survey -- 30. Power and agrarian relations: some concepts and measurements.
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