The author is Professor of development studies at Queen Elisabeth house, and fellow of Wolfson college, University of Oxford.
"This book engages with a wide range of scholarship grounded in
different disciplines to expand our understanding of how the
contemporary Indian economy works. [D]ue credit must also be given
to the author Barbara Harris-White for her self-conscious effort to
converse with theories and empirical works outside the formal
confines of economic studies." Prakash Kumar, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Enterprise and Society
'Barbara Harriss-White ... brings an anthropologist's training in
fieldwork and her own eye for detail to an examination of aspects
of India's economy that are often neglected by economists
themselves ... an intriguing and interesting book, one that is
packed with detailed observations. These observations are the
book's strength, and make it worthwhile for professional economists
as much as for other social scientists and for general readers.'
International Journal of Punjab Studies
'Harriss-White is an economist who has, over the past few decades,
been engaged in the analysis of the Indian economy, with a
concentration of what she calls 'field economics' in south India.
she brings to bear all this knowledge in elucidating various social
processes of relevance to capital accumulation, outside of the
corporate sector, in India.' Economic and Political Weekly
'It raises many important issues, and challenges conventional
wisdom, forcing the reader to pause and evaluate. It provides a
wealth of detail from the author's extensive fieldwork in India.
Finally, Harriss-White's trenchant criticisms ... of the divisive
and destructive forces that seem to be in the ascendance in Indian
politics are right on target.' International Journal of Punjab
Studies
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