India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic Reform
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1st ed.
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ISBN
019569158X
Length
xl+292p., Figures; Tables.
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Since the 1990s, the middle class in India has been substantially transformed in size and character. This educated workforce--commonly thought to be between 325 to 350 million--now threatens its counterparts in the US and Europe. The new middle class is shaping contemporary politics in India in distinctive ways, symbolizing the emergence of a wider national political culture hinged on an identity based on consumption. This study marks a departure from existing ...
