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A sixth of humanity : (Record no. 214115)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789369891092 (Hardback)
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.954
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Personal name Kapur, Devesh
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A sixth of humanity :
Remainder of title independent India's development odyssey /
Statement of responsibility, etc. By Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Haryana, India /
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperCollins,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxi, 761 pages
Dimensions 24 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount Rs. 1299.00
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. India’s journey has been distinctively ‘precocious’ in comparative terms. It opted for democracy before development and social change, promoted high-skilled services before and over low-skilled manufacturing and chose a globalization that favoured exports of talented people and short-changed the poor. The socialist state became an inefficiently capitalist one before providing the public goods of physical infrastructure and human capital. The outcomes have been surprising, with the country achieving success in creating and sustaining democracy, albeit flawed, and maintaining a modicum of order.<br/>Four decades of economic dynamism and the emergence of a somewhat more capable Indian state has meant that it is able to build infrastructure and deliver the essentials of life to its population at scale-still not without disappointments, but a massive improvement over the past. Just as India’s aspiration has lifted to building ‘world-class’ statues, temples, bullet trains, airports and digital systems, the undermining of some of the real achievements of democracy, federalism and nation-building stand in the way.<br/>As the world gets radically upended, India’s development odyssey is at a critical juncture. A Sixth of Humanity is an attempt to trace how one of the largest and most diverse countries in the world, uniquely and daringly, attempted four concurrent transformations-building a state, creating an economy, changing society and forging a sense of nationhood-under conditions of universal suffrage.<br/>Jointly written by political scientist Devesh Kapur and economist Arvind Subramanian, both of whom have decades of academic and policy experience, this book encompasses perspectives that span disciplines, experiences and geographies. Rigorously researched, carefully argued and lucidly written, this is the definitive development history of India. There is no book remotely like it.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Economics
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Finance
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Business and Management
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    Dewey Decimal Classification HB     . . General Stacks 03.12.2025 Purchased - Technical Bureau India 1299.00 1 338.954 KAP 40548 09.03.2026 08.12.2025 08.12.2025 03.12.2025 BOOKs Recommended by Prof. Dr. Arun K Thiruvengadam