Changing India: Bourgeois Revolution on the SubcontinentThe revised edition of Robert Stern's book brings India's story up to date. Since its original publication in 1993, much has altered and yet central to the author's argument remains his belief in the remarkable continuity and vitality of India's social systems and its resilience in the face of change. This is a colourful, readable and comprehensive introduction to modern India. In a journey through its family households and villages, the author explains its long-lived and little understood caste and class systems, its venerable faiths and extraordinary ethnic diversity, its history as 'the jewel in the crown' of British imperialism and its post-Independence career as a major agricultural and industrial nation. While paradoxes abound in an India which is constantly transforming, Stern demonstrates how and why it remains the largest and most enduring democracy in the developing world. |
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Page xii
... certainly . The on- going liberalization of the Indian economy had just begun in 1992. As had the climb to power of the Other Backward Classes that nowadays dominate Indian politics . The " Kargil War " of 1999 was a major event in ...
... certainly . The on- going liberalization of the Indian economy had just begun in 1992. As had the climb to power of the Other Backward Classes that nowadays dominate Indian politics . The " Kargil War " of 1999 was a major event in ...
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... certainly described what was happening , but the label was regarded as misleading even by the distinguished anthropologist who designed it . Second , in chapters to follow , I hope this becomes clear : the development together in India ...
... certainly described what was happening , but the label was regarded as misleading even by the distinguished anthropologist who designed it . Second , in chapters to follow , I hope this becomes clear : the development together in India ...
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... Certainly , bourgeois revolution has yet to reach more than a proportion - albeit , a substantial and growing proportion of Indian families . What proportion ? It is accurate enough for us and convenient to follow India's National ...
... Certainly , bourgeois revolution has yet to reach more than a proportion - albeit , a substantial and growing proportion of Indian families . What proportion ? It is accurate enough for us and convenient to follow India's National ...
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... certainly more notable in India than is embourgeoisement . India's Planning Commission estimates that the percent- age of Indians living below its poverty line has decreased from 36 percent in 1992-93 to 27 percent in 1999-2000.6 270 ...
... certainly more notable in India than is embourgeoisement . India's Planning Commission estimates that the percent- age of Indians living below its poverty line has decreased from 36 percent in 1992-93 to 27 percent in 1999-2000.6 270 ...
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... certainly condemnable , is not much more than ordinary . What is extraordinary , by any standards , is that India has become one of the world's stable parliamentary democracies : that Indian politicians and bureaucrats have managed with ...
... certainly condemnable , is not much more than ordinary . What is extraordinary , by any standards , is that India has become one of the world's stable parliamentary democracies : that Indian politicians and bureaucrats have managed with ...
Contents
Families and villages | 35 |
Caste | 56 |
Class | 88 |
Homelands and states | 107 |
Change from above | 129 |
British imperialism Indian nationalism and Muslim separatism | 131 |
The Indian Union in a changing India | 171 |
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