India express : the future of the new superpower / Daniel Lak.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008Edition: First Palgrave Macmillan editionDescription: 264 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230607837
- 9780230607835
- Future of the new superpower
- 954.0532 23
- DS449 .L35 2008
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 954.0532 LAK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A357039B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.
Introduction -- Debugging the Millennium: Y2K and India -- From Tech Support to Tutoring: India's Online Revolution -- Silicon and Slums: New Economy, Old Problems -- Watching the Numbers: Early Warnings of India's Woes -- Fighting for Freedom: A Colonial Legacy -- Democracy, Dynasty and Devolution: Transferring Power in India -- The New Freedom Struggle: India's Activists in Action -- Educating India Then and Now: A Journey from Light to Darkness -- Hinduism and its Discontents: Strength Amid Weakness -- Nuking the Soft State: How India Learned to Love the Bomb -- Becoming Asia's America: The Next Liberal Superpower? -- Conclusion.
"Daniel Lak argues that India has become a global superpower because of its religion, caste, politics, and poverty and not in spite of it."--Publisher's website.
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