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India express : the future of the new superpower

Title: India express : the future of the new superpower / Daniel Lak.
Author: Lak, Daniel.
Publication: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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264 pages; 25 cm

Summary

India Express is a fast-paced analysis of India's potential role as 'Asia's America'. Daniel Lak has covered the region for two decades and draws on his detailed knowledge of the country's lesser-known byways to bring together a complex canvas of interviews, anecdotes, statistics and history. From the ghats of Varanasi to the campus of IIT Kharagpur to a polling booth in rural Bihar, Lak argues that India's plural democracy, its rule of law, entrepreneurial talent and military might are together fashioning a country that is globally respected and increasingly influential. What marks this book out from the many voices proclaiming India's nascent superpower status is Lak's clear-sighted grasp of the agents and forces of change in the country today. Acknowledging India's uninterrupted engagement with democracy as unique in the region, the author points out that the growing political heft of the urban middle classes, linked to a historic strengthening of liberal institutions in the country, is part of a process whereby key blocs of voters exchange their political support for government patronage.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-254) and index.

Contents

1. Debugging the Millennium: Y2K and India -- 2. From Tech Support to Tutoring: India's Online Revolution -- 3. Silicon and Slums: New Economy, Old Problems -- 4. Watching the Numbers: Early Warnings of India's Woes -- 5. Fighting for Freedom: A Colonial Legacy -- 6. Democracy, Dynasty, and Devolution: Transferring Power in India -- 7. The New Freedom Struggle: India's Activists in Action -- 8. Educating India Then and Now: A Journey from Light to Darkness -- 9. Hinduism and its Discontents: Strength and Weakness -- 10. Nuking the Soft State: How India Learned to Love the Bomb -- 11. Becoming Asia's America: The Next Liberal Superpower? -- Conclusion: What It Takes to be Great.

ISBN

0230607837
9780230607835
9780670064847
067006484X

LCCN

2008300034

OCLC

ocn228401291
228401291
SCSB-14454054

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Princeton University Library