Dream Zones - Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India

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 which new hopes for the future are sown.

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About the author

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).

Summary

Explores the dreams and desired futures of workers, farmers and politicians that sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Cross, Cross Jamie
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2014
• EAN: 9780745333724
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3372-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society; Anthropology, Culture and Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General