Toward a free economy : Swatantra and opposition politics in democratic India / Aditya Balasubramanian.

Neoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected on the rest of the world. Revising this understanding, 'Toward a Free Economy' shows how economic conservatism emerged...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford)
Main Author: Balasubramanian, Aditya, 1990- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Series:Histories of economic life.
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Summary:Neoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected on the rest of the world. Revising this understanding, 'Toward a Free Economy' shows how economic conservatism emerged and was disseminated in a postcolonial society consistent with the logic of democracy.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 323 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780691249292
DOI:10.1515/9780691249292
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 1, 2024).