The trajectory of India's middle class : economy, ethics and etiquette / edited by Lancy Lobo and Jayesh Shah.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lobo, Lancy, editor.

Śāha, Jayeśa, editor.

Language:

Egyptian

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--India.

Middle class.

India--Social conditions.

India.

India--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Indian middle class has grown rapidly over recent years, and constitutes a significant proportion of the global workforce, as well as a substantial market for consumer goods, given India's status as one of the most populous countries in the world. However, the growth of India's middle class is not merely an economic phenomenon. This volume, containing nineteen essays, an editorial introduction, and a foreword by Lord Meghnad Desai, therefore examines the role of the Indian middle class in the country's economic development, as well as in social, cultural and political change. The Trajectory of India's Middle Class brings together diverse lines of thought on the relationship of the middle class with society, the economy and the state during the colonial, post-colonial and current eras. It investigates the middle class' complex role in political democracy and governance by examining how it interacts with the state, influences the market, and dominates political articulations and social relationships. The volume also focuses specifically on the social, political and economic articulation of the middle class with regard to historically marginalized social groups such as the Dalits, the tribal communities, and the religious minorities. This book will be of interest to economists, political scientists, sociologists, social anthropologists and historians, as well as to specialists in current affairs.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES, MAPS AND TABLES

ABBREVIATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PART 1

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

PART 2

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

PART 3

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

PART 4

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

PART 5

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

PART 6

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

GLOSSARY

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 9, 2015).

OCLC:

909893506