Uncertain glory : India and its contradictions / by Jean Dreze

By:

Dreze, Jean

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Penguin Books/Allen Lane, 2013. London:Description: xiii,433pISBN:

9781846147616

Subject(s):

Economic conditions-India

DDC classification:

330.954 DRE-U

Contents:

1.A new India-- 2.Integrating growth and development-- 3.India in comparative perspective-- 4. Accountability and corruption-- 5,The centrality of education-- 6.India's health care crisis-- 7.Poverty and social support-- 8.The grip of inequality-- 9.Democracy,inequality and public reasoning-- 10.The need for impatience.

Summary: Features a passionate, considered argument for the need for a greater understanding of inequalities in India, despite economic development. This book presents an analysis of India's deprivations and inequalities, and also of the restraints on addressing them - and of the possibility of change through democratic practice.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330.954 DRE-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop.3	Available	006376
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330.954 DRE-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop.1	Available	006372
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330.954 DRE-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop.2	Available	006373

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1.A new India--
2.Integrating growth and development--
3.India in comparative perspective--
4. Accountability and corruption--
5,The centrality of education--
6.India's health care crisis--
7.Poverty and social support--
8.The grip of inequality--
9.Democracy,inequality and public reasoning--
10.The need for impatience.

Features a passionate, considered argument for the need for a greater understanding of inequalities in India, despite economic development. This book presents an analysis of India's deprivations and inequalities, and also of the restraints on addressing them - and of the possibility of change through democratic practice.

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