MARC details
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02502nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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JGU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230414122442.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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230414b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781503630055 |
| Qualifying information |
pbk. |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
JGU |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mody, Ashoka, |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1638464 |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
India is broken : |
| Remainder of title |
a people betrayed, 1947 to today / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Ashoka Mody. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Stanford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2023. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"A provocative new account of how India moved relentlessly from its hope-filled founding in 1947 to the dramatic economic and democratic breakdowns of today. When Indian leaders first took control of their government in 1947, they proclaimed the ideals of national unity and secular democracy. Through the first half century of nation-building, leaders could point to uneven but measurable progress on key goals, and after the mid-1980s, dire poverty declined for a few decades, inspiring declarations of victory. But today, a vast majority of Indians live in a state of underemployment and are one crisis away from despair. Public goods―health, education, cities, air and water, and the judiciary―are in woeful condition. And good jobs will remain scarce as long as that is the case. The lack of jobs will further undermine democracy, which will further undermine job creation. India is Broken provides the most persuasive account available of this economic catch-22. Challenging prevailing narratives, Mody contends that successive post-independence leaders, starting with its first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, failed to confront India's true economic problems, seeking easy solutions instead. As a popular frustration grew, and corruption in politics became pervasive, India's economic growth relied increasingly on unregulated finance and environmentally destructive construction. The rise of a violent Hindutva has buried all prior norms in civic life and public accountability. Combining statistical data with creative media, such as literature and cinema, to create strong, accessible, people-driven narratives, this book is a meditation on the interplay between democracy and economic progress, with lessons extending far beyond India. Mody proposes a path forward that is fraught with its own peril, but which nevertheless offers something resembling hope."-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
India economic policy |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1471996 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
India |
| Topical term following geographic name as entry element |
Economic history |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1636225 |
