India briefing : quickening the pace of change / Alyssa Ayres and Philip Oldenburg, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ayres, Alyssa.

Oldenburg, Philip.

Asia Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Economic conditions--21st century.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Other Title:

India briefing : takeoff at last?

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

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.

Contents:

Introduction / Alyssa Ayres

Politics in India's decentered polity / John Echeverri-Gent

The Indian economy : pushing ahead and pulling apart / Joydeep Mukherji

From Bangalore to Silicon Valley and back : how the Indian diaspora in the United States is changing India / Sadanand Dhume

The subordinate caste revolution / Christophe Jaffrelot

The challenges of India's health and health care transitions / Mark Nichter and David Van Sickle

Representing India : Indian literature on the world stage / Alok Rai

1998-2000 : a chronology / Bandita Sijapati.

Notes:

"An East Gate book."

"Published in cooperation with the Asia Society."

First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.

ISSN: 0894-5136.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 30, 2016).

ISBN:

1-315-28973-3

1-315-28971-7

1-315-28972-5

9781315289731

OCLC:

959151146