The Political Economy of New India: Critical Essays

ISBN-13: 9781032042855 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 204 str.

Raju J. Das

Opis

The essays that make up the book provide short critical commentaries on different aspects of Indian society undergoing significant changes in recent times.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Neoliberal India and Indian Economy-in-Crisis, Post 2008 3. Neoliberalism, Agrarian Crisis, and Farmers’ Suicides 4. Neoliberalism, the Education Market, Civil Servants and the State 5. What Kind of Education for What Kind of Society? 6. The Hindu Right’s Model of Development 7. The Hindu Right’s Nationalist Worldview and Democracy in India 8. People’s Poverty vs ‘Poverty of Left Theory/Practice’ 9. The Class Character of the Indian State, and the Poor: A Long-Term View 10. Developmental Crisis and Politics of Protest Against Neoliberalism 11. The Left, and What is To Be Done About the Hindu Right? 12. The Left, and the Political Consciousness of the Masses 13. Significance of a Counter-Hegemonic Left Culture

O autorze

Raju J Das is a Professor at York University, Toronto. His research and teaching interests include theory in political economy and India's economy and politics. His most recent book is Marxist Class Theory for a Skeptical World. His Critical Reflections on Economy and Politics in India: A Class Theory Perspective will be published in 2020 by Brill.