Full Description
This volume brings together leading political economists of India to present a comprehensive picture of the political economy of globalized India and how neoliberalism has undermined the importance of equitable growth, decent employment, distributive justice, gender question, geopolitical stability, social democracy, employment driven industrial restructuring, and environmental sustainability.
Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Mapping the Globalized Indian Economy
Paramjit Singh and Balwinder Singh Tiwana
2 Revisiting the 'Drain,' or Transfers from India to Britain in the Context of the Global Diffusion of Capitalism
Utsa Patnaik
3 The Indian Economy under Neo-liberalism
Prabhat Patnaik
4 Who Gains from Agricultural "Reform"? Understanding the 2020 Farm Laws and Protests
C.P. Chandrasekhar
5 The Incomplete Transition: Stunted Industrialization and the Historical Development of India's Big Business Class
Surajit Mazumdar
6 Economic and Ecological Implications of Industrial Restructuring in Globalized India
Ashman Bajwa and Paramjit Singh
7 Political Economy of Social Democracy in Globalizing India
Ronki Ram
8 The Debate over Falling Women's Labor Force Participation in the 2000s: Reproductive Labor as the Missing Element
Sirisha C. Naidu and Smriti Rao
9 Social Need in Anti-capitalist Critique and Postcapitalist Transformation: Reflections on Indian Economy
Aryaman Roy and Anjan Chakrabarti
10 India in the BRICS (+): De-dollarization and the Quest for a Multipolar Order
Paramjit Singh and V. Upadhyay
Index
