ISBN:
9780415441162
,
9780203884393
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (194 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary South Asia series 17
Parallel Title:
Print version Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India : The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms
DDC:
305.5/50954
Keywords:
Globalization Economic aspects
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Middle class
Abstract:
This book fills an important gap in the literature published so far on economic liberalisation and globalisation in India by providing much needed ethnographic data from those affected by the liberalisation process
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Globalisation, structural adjustment and the middle classes in India; 2 Victims of consumerism: Consumption and household survival; 3 Gender, empowerment and liberalisation; 4 Discourses of global efficiency and the dynamics of new workplace culture; 5 Culture of power: The hegemony of English in a globalising India; 6 Globalised media: Television and its impact on middle-class morals, culture and identity; 7 Conclusion: Indian middle-class lives in the era of neoliberal globalisation
Description / Table of Contents:
ReferencesIndex
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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