The billionaire raj: a journey through India's new gilded age: by James Crabtree, London, Oneworld Publishers, 2018, xxv+357 pp., £9.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781786075598.
I The billionaire raj i expresses hope that the development of India's free market economy, and not a challenge to the fundamental policy model, will be able to generate a transition from the Gilded Age to a Progressive era. James Crabtree's I The billionaire raj i grapples with the rise of a new cl...
| Publicado en: | Commonwealth & Comparative Politics Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 405 - 408 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2022
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| Sumario: | I The billionaire raj i expresses hope that the development of India's free market economy, and not a challenge to the fundamental policy model, will be able to generate a transition from the Gilded Age to a Progressive era. James Crabtree's I The billionaire raj i grapples with the rise of a new class of the super-rich in India. The globalisation of India's economy and the retreat from its post-independence statist path following the 1991 liberalisation is celebrated. |
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