Globalisation and the middle classes in India: the social and cultural impact of neoliberal reforms/
Globalization and the middle classes in India
Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase and Timothy J. Scrase.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- xii, 194 p.: ill.; 23 cm.
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series .
- 17 .
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 17. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index.
Globalisation, structural adjustment and the middle classes in India -- Victims of consumerism : consumption and household survival -- Gender, empowerment and liberalisation -- Discourses of global efficiency and the dynamics of new workplace culture -- Culture of power : the hegemony of English in a globalising India -- Globalised media : television and its impact on middle-class morals, culture and identity -- Conclusion : Indian middle-class lives in the era of neoliberal globalisation.