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100 1 $aGupta, Dipankar,$d1949-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84231867
245 14 $aThe caged phoenix :$bcan India fly? /$cDipankar Gupta.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bWoodrow Wilson Center Press ;$aStanford, CA :$bStanford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axix, 322 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $g2.$tConnecting the Rich'to the Poor -- $g3.$tIntellectual Capital and Merchant Capital -- $g4.$tHow Merchant Producers Operate -- $g5.$tThe Middle-Class Myth -- $g6.$tThe Hollowed Village -- $g7.$tChanging Agriculture -- $g8.$tFrom Village to Vicinage -- $g9.$tNormalizing C̀aste' -- $g10.$tCaste Virtuosos Strike Back -- $g11.$tBlame It on the Nation-State -- $g12.$tDo We Deserve Our Leaders? -- $g13.$tAgainst Rolling Back the State -- $g14.$tConclusion.
520 1 $a""I cannot think of any other sociologist who could have dealt with such a large subject so effectively. Professor Gupta writes incisively and effortlessly in a style which holds the reader's attention firmly in its grasp." ---Andre Beteille, University of Delhi" ""This is a brilliant and dazzling new work from one of India's leading public intellectuals. This book is strikingly original and engagingly written for the broad audience it deserves." ---N.J. Demerath III, University of Massachusetts" ""This book is a thrilling demystification of India as a culturally unique civilization." ---Staffan Lindberg, University of Lund" ""In this remarkable book Dipankar Gupta exposes the huge distance---but also connections---between India's imposing statistics of economic growth and its often appalling levels of overall human development. He does it with eloquence, vivacity, and probing forensic intelligence. A great read."---Martin Krygier, University of New South Wales" ""Dipankar Gupta combines the roles of scholar, investigative reporter, and responsible citizen to analyze the context and constraints of India's growth story. This book is an important wake up call and needs to be widely read."---Milton Israel, University of Toronto" ""This provocative yet balanced perspective is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the impact of economic reform on Indian society."---John Echeverri-Gent, University of Virginia" ""An alternative scenario built on a brilliant but grim diagnosis."---Christophe jaffrelot, CRI, Sciences Po" "Dipankar Gupta, one of India's foremost thinkers on social and economic issues, takes a critical---and controversial---look at the limits, of the Indian success story in The Caged Phoenix. Through a fine blend of theory and new empirical evidence on small-scale industries, farming, and more, Gupta argues that despite the promises of independence and liberalization, India remains caged in a backward state. In short, the country's phenomenal growth has not translated into development." "Questioning prevailing culture-based theories---and academics who perpetuate them---that are used to explain India's poverty and its hampered development, Gupta attempts to "normalize" India, advocating a rigorous rejection of justifications that rely upon cultural otherness and exoticization. He critically examines the reluctance to acknowledge that structural impediments, not cultural factors, deny growth benefits to the majority of Indians, and explores the close link between growth in high technology sectors of the Indian economy on one side and sweatshops and rural stagnation on the other. Making a comparison with the developed West, Gupta underscores the point that affluence can be achieved only after living conditions improve across all social classes." "Combining scholarship with a lively narrative, Gupta debunks widespread myths about why India's democracy has yet to deliver and offers compelling explanations for the paradoxes that exist."--BOOK JACKET.
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651 0 $aIndia$xRural conditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008123706
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