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India's new middle class : democratic politics in an era of economic reform / Leela Fernandes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fernandes, Leela.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class--India.
- Middle class.
- Democratization--India.
- Democratization.
- India--Economic conditions--21st century.
- India.
- India--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Leela Fernandes digs into the implications of the growth of the middle class in India and uncovers Ñin the media, in electoral politics, and on the streets of urban neighborhoods Ñthe complex politics of caste, religion, and gender that shape this rising population. Using rich ethnographic data, she reveals how the middle class operates as a proponent of economic democratization.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The historical roots of the new middle class
- Framing the liberalizing middle class
- Social capital, labor market restructuring, and India's new economy
- State power, urban space, and civic life
- Liberalization, democracy, and middle class politics
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9905-4
- OCLC:
- 476125747
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