Overview
- Analyses the economic development processes of emerging Asian economies in an increasingly globalised world
- Explores the effects of the two major structural elements of its economy on India’s economic development – the dualism of its traditional and modern sectors, and the digital divide between the rich and poor
- Provides policy suggestions for tackling the sectoral and segmental disarticulation that currently characterises Indian society
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Dynamics of Asian Development (DAD)
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After first analysing the economic development processes of emerging Asian economies in general, this book explores the development implications of India’s seventy years (1947-2017) of socio-economic policy regimes. It discusses structural dualism and the digital divide, which it identifies as the major socio-economic structural elements of the Indian economy, along with the external forces of globalisation. Since the adoption of comprehensive economic reforms in 1991, India has been liberalising its economy, due in part to the rising pressures of globalisation. However, critics have argued that Indian liberalisation policy has aggravated unemployment, regional inequality and poverty, and also increased India’s external vulnerability.
This book tests the validity of these arguments, and provides readers a deeper understanding of the structural and institutional elements of the articulation of Indian society. It also examines the paradoxical political and economic effects ofthe information and communication (ICT ) industry in India, due to the economic disparities between the beneficiaries of the ICT windfall and those unable to reap those benefits. Lastly, by investigating the integration of key traditional sectors into modern sectors, the book provides policy suggestions for tackling the sectoral and segmental disarticulation that currently characterises Indian society.
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Book Title: Development under Dualism and Digital Divide in Twenty-First Century India
Authors: Dilip Dutta
Series Title: Dynamics of Asian Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6344-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6342-8Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4860-0Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6344-2Published: 16 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2198-9923
Series E-ISSN: 2198-9931
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 211
Number of Illustrations: 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: IT in Business, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Development Economics