India Working: Essays on Society and Economy

Drawing on her knowledge of the country and on theoretical literature, Barbara Harris-White describes the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. The book explores a range of topics, including labor, class, the state, gender, religious plurality, caste and space. Harris-White's conclusion adeptly challenges the prevailing belief that liberalization releases the economy from political interference.

Barbara Harriss-White is Professor of Development Studies at Queen Elizabeth House, and Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford.

Preface and acknowledgments

x

List of maps, figures and tables

xiv

Glossary

xvi

Abbreviations

xix

Introduction: the character of the Indian economy

1

(16)

The workforce and its social structures

17

(26)

Indian development and the intermediate classes

43

(29)

The local State and the informal economy

72

(31)

Gender, family businesses and business families

103

(29)

India's religious pluralism and its implications for the economy

132

(44)

Caste and corporatist capitalism

176

(24)

Space and synergy

200

(39)

How India works

239

(9)

Postscript: proto-fascist politics and the economy

248

(8)

Appendix 1 Liberalisation and Hindu fundamentalism

256

(2)

Appendix 2 Relations between the developmental State and the intermediate classes

258

(6)

Appendix 3 Roles of religious minorities in the Indian economy

264

(8)

References

272

(32)

Index of names

304

(2)

Index of places

306

(2)

Index of subjects

308

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