Volume 1,dollar5Recent economic and social history and political economy /
London :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
1 online resource (XXII, 334 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: India's Economy in Historical and Spatial Perspective -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Volume I and India's Gross Domestic Product over the long run -- Chapter 2: Key Aspects of India's Population, Land and Labor -- Chapter 3: Human Development in India: Levels and Inequalities -- Chapter 4: Islamic Invasion and Occupation of India -- Chapter 5: India's Economy under the rule of the East India Company and the British Crown -- Chapter 6: India's Quest for Freedom -- Part II: Basic Structure of India's Governance -- Chapter 7: An Overview of the Governance Content of India's Constitution -- Chapter 8: The Political Economy of Economic Policymaking in India.
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This two-volume work provides an account of how India has been meeting its myriad of economic, political and social challenges and how things are expected to evolve in the future. In this first volume, Jha presents a long view of the performance of the Indian economy and discusses key aspects of India's population, land and labor. In addition, the Indian Constitution and basic structure of governance are analysed within the context of major economic and political developments in independent India. Raghbendra Jha is Professor of Economics at the Australian National University. He has published extensively in the areas of macroeconomics, public economics and social welfare, with a country focus on India.