CULTURE AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
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- ISBN13: 9788131605844
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher Imprint: Rawat
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: First
- Item Weight: 500
- BISAC Subject(s): Economics
China and India – the two emerging economies with growing influence the world over – are also undergoing profound social and cultural change. While China introduced a variety of economic and political reforms in 1978, India initiated economic reforms only in 1991. These shifts produced significantly higher rates of growth than witnessed during the preceding decades. The rapid pace of economic growth in both these countries transformed their economies in many ways, but economic transformation does not occur in isolation. Culture and social institutions also influence, and are influenced by the processes of economic change.
While much is written on these subjects in each country, there is hardly any attempt made to approach these concerns from a comparative perspective. This volume, therefore, attempts a comparative understanding of the two great nations and their diverse social and cultural realities. The essays focus on a wide variety of topics concerning the contemporary societies of China and India, such as the middle classes and consumption patterns, the processes of migrations, labour markets, regional inequalities and housing besides critical social and policy concerns such as gender bias and discrimination, religious life and ethnic minorities.
This volume is in a way a beginning towards developing new ways of looking at the two societies by learning from each other’s experience. It would also help building a better perception of each other within the two countries.
While much is written on these subjects in each country, there is hardly any attempt made to approach these concerns from a comparative perspective. This volume, therefore, attempts a comparative understanding of the two great nations and their diverse social and cultural realities. The essays focus on a wide variety of topics concerning the contemporary societies of China and India, such as the middle classes and consumption patterns, the processes of migrations, labour markets, regional inequalities and housing besides critical social and policy concerns such as gender bias and discrimination, religious life and ethnic minorities.
This volume is in a way a beginning towards developing new ways of looking at the two societies by learning from each other’s experience. It would also help building a better perception of each other within the two countries.
Surjit Singh is Professor and Director, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur. His interests are development studies and economic policies on which he has published widely in national and international journals.
Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social System in the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has earlier taught at the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and the Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was also the Director of the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi from 2008 to 2010. He has published widely on the subjects of rural and agrarian change, caste in contemporary India, and social/cultural identities. He is the editor of the book series Religion and Citizenship (Routledge). He is the first recipient of ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientist (2012) for the discipline of sociology.
Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social System in the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has earlier taught at the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and the Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was also the Director of the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi from 2008 to 2010. He has published widely on the subjects of rural and agrarian change, caste in contemporary India, and social/cultural identities. He is the editor of the book series Religion and Citizenship (Routledge). He is the first recipient of ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientist (2012) for the discipline of sociology.