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Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India
Jamie Cross
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Description for Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India
Hardback. Explores the dreams and desired futures of workers, farmers and politicians that sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Dream Zones explores the dreamed of and desired futures that constitute, sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India.
Drawing on five years of research in and around India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the book follows the stories of regional politicians, corporate executives, rural farmers, industrial workers and social activists to show how the pursuit of growth, profit and development shapes the politics of industrialisation and liberalisation.
This book offers a timely reminder that the global economy is shaped by sentiment as much as reason and that un-realised expectations are the grounds on ... Read more
Dream Zones explores the dreamed of and desired futures that constitute, sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India.
Drawing on five years of research in and around India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the book follows the stories of regional politicians, corporate executives, rural farmers, industrial workers and social activists to show how the pursuit of growth, profit and development shapes the politics of industrialisation and liberalisation.
This book offers a timely reminder that the global economy is shaped by sentiment as much as reason and that un-realised expectations are the grounds on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745333731
SKU
V9780745333731
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About Jamie Cross
Jamie Cross is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Glasgow and Director of Glasgow Changing Futures. He is the author of Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India (Pluto, 2014).
Reviews for Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India
'This is an important and fascinating book. Engagingly written and ethnographically rich, Dream Zones reveals the multiple meanings, contestations and realities of Special Economic Zones in India'
Katy Gardner, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics
Katy Gardner, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics