TY - BOOK AU - Corbridge,Stuart AU - Harriss,John AU - Jeffrey,Craig TI - India: economy, politics and society / T2 - Politics today SN - 9780199450596: U1 - 320.954 21st PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi : PB - Oxford University Press , KW - INDIA-POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT KW - INDIA-ECONOMIC POLICY KW - INDIA-SOCIAL STATUS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Making sense of India today -- Part I. Economy -- 2. When and why did India take off? -- 3. How have the poor fared (and others too)? -- 4. Why hasn't economic growth delivered more for Indian workers? -- 5. Is the Indian state delivering on promises of 'inclusive growth' and social justice? -- Part II. Politics -- 6. How did a 'weak' state promote audacious reform? -- 7. Has India's democracy been a success? -- 8. Is government in India becoming more responsive? -- 9. Has the rise of Hindu nationalism halted? -- 10. Rural dislocations: why has Maoism become such a force in India? -- Part III. Society -- 11. Does India have a civil society? -- 12. Does caste still matter in India? -- 13. How much have things changed for Indian women? -- 14. Can India benefit from its demographic dividend? -- 15. Afterword: India today, and India in the world ER -