Ambedkar's Vision of Economic Development for India

ISBN-13: 9780367508630 / Miękka / 2023 / 236 str.

Opis

This book discusses Ambedkar’s engagements with the issues of social justice, economic development, and caste enclosures. It highlights his significant contributions in the field of trade, public finance and monetary economics, Indian agriculture, education, among others, and examines their relevance in contemporary India.

Spis treści

List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Ambedkar’s Economic Thought 1. Dr B. R. Ambedkar’s Vision of Economic Development of India and its Relevance G. Nancharaiah 2. Ambedkar’s thought on Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation Sukhadeo Thorat 3. Dr Ambedkar: Inter-Disciplinarian with Commitment R. S. Deshpande and Khalil Shaha 4. Economics of Babasaheb Ambedkar Anand Teltumbde 5. Ambedkar’s Anti-Caste Ideology and the Making of a Nation R. Thirunavukkarasu Part II: Economic Development and Marginalised Groups 6. Performance of Indian Economy in the Post Reform Period: Growth, Inequality and Well-being R. Radhakrishna 7. Economics of Discrimination: Theory, Evidence and the Role of State P. Duraisamy and Malathy Duraisamy 8. Social Discrimination and Suicides in Higher Educational Institutions: Role of State K. Laxminarayana 9. Between Beef and Carrion: The Politics of Food Consumption Gayatri Nair 10. Changing contexts of Caste, Gender and Land Relations in India Dontha Prashanth, Patturi Balaji and Matta Srinivas 11. Inter-Group Inequality in Punjab: Does Caste Matter? Nitin Tagade, Ajaya K. Naik and Chandrani Dutta 12. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s View on Agricultural Holdings and Collective Farming: The Case of Telangana State Y. Sreenivasulu and Tajuddin Md. Bibliography. Index

O autorze

Gummadi Sridevi is an Associate Professor at School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. She has completed collaborative research projects supported by ICSSR on climate change, food security and education. She’s currently working on a collaborative ICSSR-IMPRESS major research project on Commons. Her research areas cover a wide range of issues relating to food security, health, gender, climate change and economics of discrimination. She has published articles in various journals and edited volumes. She has 13 years of teaching experience at the University of Hyderabad. She has been teaching courses such as economics of discrimination, international trade and payments, microeconomics and mathematical economics.