India briefing : takeoff at last? / Alyssa Ayres and Philip Oldenburg, editors.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Ayres, Alyssa.
• Oldenburg, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• India--Social conditions--1947-.
• India.
• Social conditions.
• India--Economic conditions--1947-.
• Economic conditions.
• India--Politics and government--1977-.
• Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Takeoff at last?

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2005]

Summary:

Since 2001, India has gained new attention as an emerging world power with a rapidly growing economy, a world-class science and technology sector, and a huge English-speaking labor pool. After a period of escalating tension with neighbor Pakistan, wide-ranging peace talks are underway. Within India, there is an unprecedented mood of optimism about the future. At the same time, the nation wrestles with difficult questions about the place of secularism in society, the role it sees for itself globally and within Asia, and the reality that millions of Indians still live at the subsistence level. This volume of "India Briefing examines India's changing fortunes through chapters that cover the economy, the twists and turns of domestic politics, labor in the large informal sector, the cultural roots of Hindu nationalism, the foreign relations rollercoaster, the business of Bollywood, and a special chapter on the range of new resources about India available on the web.

Notes:

• Published in cooperation with the Asia Society.
• "An East Gate Book."
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765615924

OCLC:

60546446