India working : essays on society and economy /
Barbara Harriss-White.
- 320 p. ; 23cm.
- Contemporary South Asia ; 8. .
- Contemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England) ; 8. .
Introduction: the character of the Indian economy -- Labour, work and its social construction in India -- Class: Indian development and the intermediate classes -- The local state and the informal economy -- Gender, family businesses and business families -- India's religious plurality and its implications for the economy -- Caste and corporatist capitalism -- Space and synergy -- How India works -- Postscript: Proto-fascist politics and the economy.