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Book SynopsisThis edited volume of essays investigates the series of neoliberal policy reforms implemented in India between 1991 and the present day, and assesses the impact this reform agenda has had upon both the Indian economy and the country’s population.
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures; Foreword by Prabhat Patnaik; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: A Critical Look at Two Decades of Market Reform in India – Sudipta Bhattacharyya; Chapter 2: Development Planning and the Interventionist State versus Liberalization and the Neoliberal State: India, 1989–1996 – Terence J. Byres; Chapter 3: Predatory Growth – Amit Bhaduri; Chapter 4: On Some Currently Fashionable Propositions in Public Finance – Prabhat Patnaik; Chapter 5: The Costs of ‘Coupling’: The Global Crisis and the Indian Economy – Jayati Ghosh and C. P. Chandrasekhar; Chapter 6: Theorizing Food Security and Poverty in the Era of Economic Reforms – Utsa Patnaik; Chapter 7: Globalization, the Middle Class and the Transformation of the Indian State in the New Economy – Anthony P. D’Costa; Chapter 8: The World Trade Organization and its Impact on India – Parthapratim Pal; Chapter 9: The Changing Employment Scenario during Market Reform and the Feminization of Distress in India – Sudipta Bhattacharyya and Uma Basak; Chapter 10: Privatization and Deregulation – Ashok Rudra; Chapter 11: Macroeconomic Impact of Public Sector Enterprises: Some Further Evidence – R. Nagaraj; Chapter 12: Liberalization, Demand and Indian Industrialization – Surajit Mazumdar; Chapter 13: On Fiscal Deficit, Interest Rate and Crowding-Out – Surajit Das; Chapter 14: Going, Going, But Not Yet Quite Gone: The Political Economy of the Indian Intermediate Classes during the Era of Liberalization – Matthew McCartney; Contributors
