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Have neoliberal policies truly yielded beneficial effects for India? 'Two Decades of Market Reform in India' presents a collection of essays that challenge the conventional wisdom of Indian market reforms, examining the effects of neoliberal policies enacted by the Indian government and exploding the myths that surround them. In particular, the volume questions the perceived benefits of India's reform policies in the areas of growth, agriculture, industry and poverty alleviation, and examines how the government's focus on preventing a fiscal deficit caused a large-scale decline in development expenditures, which in turn has had a negative impact on the well-being of the poor. With its rich and insightful analysis, 'Two Decades of Market Reform in India' bravely shines a light on the true implications of India's neoliberal governmental policies, and provides a revealing indication of how policy reform since 1991 has, at times, detrimentally affected the general populace of India.

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Author:   Sudipta Bhattacharyya
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781783083541

ISBN 10:   1783083549
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   01 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures; Foreword by Prabhat Patnaik; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: A Critical Look at Two Decades of Market Reform in India - Sudipta Bhattacharyya; Chapter 2: Development Planning and the Interventionist State versus Liberalization and the Neoliberal State: India, 1989-1996 - Terence J. Byres; Chapter 3: Predatory Growth - Amit Bhaduri; Chapter 4: On Some Currently Fashionable Propositions in Public Finance - Prabhat Patnaik; Chapter 5: The Costs of 'Coupling': The Global Crisis and the Indian Economy - Jayati Ghosh and C. P. Chandrasekhar; Chapter 6: Theorizing Food Security and Poverty in the Era of Economic Reforms - Utsa Patnaik; Chapter 7: Globalization, the Middle Class and the Transformation of the Indian State in the New Economy - Anthony P. D'Costa; Chapter 8: The World Trade Organization and its Impact on India - Parthapratim Pal; Chapter 9: The Changing Employment Scenario during Market Reform and the Feminization of Distress in India - Sudipta Bhattacharyya and Uma Basak; Chapter 10: Privatization and Deregulation - Ashok Rudra; Chapter 11: Macroeconomic Impact of Public Sector Enterprises: Some Further Evidence - R. Nagaraj; Chapter 12: Liberalization, Demand and Indian Industrialization - Surajit Mazumdar; Chapter 13: On Fiscal Deficit, Interest Rate and Crowding-Out - Surajit Das; Chapter 14: Going, Going, But Not Yet Quite Gone: The Political Economy of the Indian Intermediate Classes during the Era of Liberalization - Matthew McCartney; Contributors

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Sudipta Bhattacharyya is Professor of Economics at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.

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