Development, Transformations and the Human Condition -

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Résumé :

List of Figures x List of Tables xii List of Contributors xiv Acknowledgements xix 1 Introduction 1 PART I Capitalism, Inequality and Development 23 2 A Time of Darkness? The Pursuit of Collective Well-being in an Unequal World 25 Gerry Rodgers 3 The Underdevelopment Trap of Indian Capitalism 39 Surajit Mazumdar 4 Social Capital: The Indian Connection 54 Ben Fine 5 Studying the World in Order to Change the World: Looking Back Across Half a Century 68 Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker 6 Gandhi, Technology and Employment 77 Prabhat Patnaik PART II Aspects of Human Development and Human Rights 97 7 Food Systems, Markets and Public Policy for Food 99 Barbara Harriss-White 8 Calorie and Nutrient Intake in India from 1993-94 to 2011-12 and Its Implications 117 Sourindra Mohan Ghosh 9 School Meals and Child Undernutrition in India 134 Anjana Thampi 10 Does India's Post-Colonial Land Acquisition Act Safeguard Farmer Interests? 148 Smita Gupta 11 Three Public Protests and the Dynamics of Democracy in India 165 Zoya Hasan PART III Gender and Development 181 12 How the IMF Discovered Gender Equality but Continued to Undermine Women's Rights 183 Diane Elson 13 Gender Bias in Data Collection: The Indian Context 200 Sona Mitra 14 Women in Pubic Employment in India: Working for the State in the Neoliberal Era 214 Dipa Sinha 15 Gender Dimensions of Paid and Unpaid Labour of Asian and Mexican Immigrants in the USA, 2003-2018 230 Ruchira Sen 16 Women's Unpaid Carework in Rural Malaysia 245 Rokiah Alavi and Jomo K. S. 17 Does a Higher Female Share in Managerial Positions Lead to Less Gender-Based Discrimination for Other Female Employees in a Sector? 259 Bidisha Mondal PART IV Political Economy of Trade and Financial Systems 269 18 Political Economy of International Taxation of Digital Businesses 271 Suranjali Tandon 19 The Costs of Financial Inclusion 288 Madhura Swaminathan 20 Digital Transformations: An Exploration of Their Cross-Sectoral Impacts on the Manufacturing Sector 302 Smitha Francis 21 China-Africa Partnership: Implications for African Development 327 Malancha Chakrabarty 22 India's Trade in Pharmaceutical Products: Recent Trends 339 Reji K. Joseph and Dinesh Kumar PART V Music 363 23 Offkey: Musings on Singing a Tune 365 T. M. Krishna 24 The Language of Grief 377 Vidya Rao 25 Music in Politics, Music as Politics: Understanding Radical Interventions through 'People's Music' in India 394 Sumangala Damodaran Index 410