Surinder Jodhka, Aseem Prakash

The Indian Middle Class

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 187mm x 128mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 205g
• ISBN-13: 9780199466795
• ISBN-10: 0199466793
• Artikelnr.: 47867585

Autorenporträt

Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Senior Affiliate Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi, India. Aseem Prakash is Professor and Chairperson, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. What Does It Mean to Be Middle-Class?
2. The Formative Years
3. The Age of Development and Nation-Building
4. Transforming India, from Above
5: The Contemporary Dynamics and Number Games
6. Consuming Identities and Exclusionary Powers
7. Diversities and Margins
Conclusion
References
Index