TY - BOOK AU - Harriss-White,Barbara TI - India working: essays on society and economy T2 - Contemporary South Asia SN - 0521007631 (pbk.) : U1 - 330.954 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - India KW - Economic policy KW - 1947- KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions N1 - 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 ER -