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Rethinking development and politics : essays by Professor Lord Meghnad Desai on India, China and global change / edited by Marika Vicziany.

By: Desai, Meghnad, Baron Desai, 1940- [author.]Contributor(s): Vicziany, Marika [editor.]Series: Monash Asia series: Publisher: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2019Description: xiii, 306 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781925523898Other title: India, China and global change [Portion of title]Note: Gift: The Lord Desai. Subject(s): Globalization | World politics -- 20th century | Development economics | Economic development -- China | Economic development -- IndiaDDC classification: 338.90954
Contents:
Part 1: global issues -- 1. Global governance -- 2. The possibility of deglobalisation -- 3. The new anti-capitalist movements: money and global civil society -- 4. Trade and global civil society: the anti-capitalist movement revisited -- 5. Globalisation and poverty -- 6. The political economy of Donald Trump -- 7. Is there a future for social democracy after the crisis? -- 8. Globalisation and sustainable development -- Part 2: India and China -- 9. India and China: an essay in comparative political economy -- 10. The vase and the mudpie -- 11. Fifty years of development thinking -- Part 3: Indian economy, politics and culture -- 12. The economic policy of the BJP -- 13. India's triple bypass: economic liberalisation, the BJP and the 1996 elections -- 14. Could the Indian economy do better? -- 15. Hindutva's march halted? Choices for the BJP after the 2004 defeat -- 16. Twin troubles -- 17. Bhagavad Gita: outlines of a secular critique.
Summary: "This collection of essays has been collated from Professor Lord Meghnad Desai's published and unpublished papers written between 1994 and 2016. It will provide ideas and inspiration for those seeking humanitarian solutions to the problems that confront us all." -- Taken from back cover.
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Book House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey 338.90954 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 016601

Part 1: global issues -- 1. Global governance -- 2. The possibility of deglobalisation -- 3. The new anti-capitalist movements: money and global civil society -- 4. Trade and global civil society: the anti-capitalist movement revisited -- 5. Globalisation and poverty -- 6. The political economy of Donald Trump -- 7. Is there a future for social democracy after the crisis? -- 8. Globalisation and sustainable development -- Part 2: India and China -- 9. India and China: an essay in comparative political economy -- 10. The vase and the mudpie -- 11. Fifty years of development thinking -- Part 3: Indian economy, politics and culture -- 12. The economic policy of the BJP -- 13. India's triple bypass: economic liberalisation, the BJP and the 1996 elections -- 14. Could the Indian economy do better? -- 15. Hindutva's march halted? Choices for the BJP after the 2004 defeat -- 16. Twin troubles -- 17. Bhagavad Gita: outlines of a secular critique.

"This collection of essays has been collated from Professor Lord Meghnad Desai's published and unpublished papers written between 1994 and 2016. It will provide ideas and inspiration for those seeking humanitarian solutions to the problems that confront us all." -- Taken from back cover.

Gift: The Lord Desai.

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