| India Briefing: Takeoff at Last? Contributor(s): Nocontributor (Other) |
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ISBN: 0765615932 ISBN-13: 9780765615930 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: Since 2001, India has gained new attention as an emerging world power with a rapidly growing economy, a world-class science and technology sector, and a huge English-speaking labor pool. After a period of escalating tension with neighbor Pakistan, wide-ranging peace talks are underway. Within India, there is an unprecedented mood of optimism about the future. At the same time, the nation wrestles with difficult questions about the place of secularism in society, the role it sees for itself globally and within Asia, and the reality that millions of Indians still live at the subsistence level. This volume of India Briefing examines India's changing fortunes through chapters that cover the economy; the twists and turns of domestic politics; labor in the large informal sector; the cultural roots of Hindu nationalism; the foreign relations rollercoaster; the business of Bollywood; and a special chapter on the range of new resources about India available on the web. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 954.052 |
| LCCN: 2002510910 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.36" W x 8.04" (0.87 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |