China-India - Pathways of Economic and Social Development

What do China and India have in common and where do they differ in their pathways to economic and social development over the last two decades? This volume examines each country in paired chapters covering social and environmental impacts, economic development, labour and demography.

List of contents

• Introduction


• I China and India: The Domestic Economy


• 1: Carl Riskin: China: development, Inequality and Imbalance


• 2: Kunal Sen: The Indian Economy in the Post-Reform Period: Growth without Structural Transformation?


• II China, India and the International Economy


• 3: Peter J. Buckley: The Challenges of China and the International Economy


• 4: Vijay Joshi and Devesh Kapur: India and the World Economy


• III Changing demographic profiles


• 5: Delia Davin: The social impact of demographic change in China


• 6: Patricia Jeffery, Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh: India: the social consequences of demographic change.


• IV Migration and regimes of labour


• 7: Dorothy J. Solinger: The Modalities of Geographical Mobility in China and their Impacts, 1980-2010


• 8: Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss and Craig Jeffrey: 'Lopsided', 'Failed', or 'Tortuous': India's Problematic Transition and its Implications for Labour


• V The Environment: crises and responses


• 9: Minqi Li: China: Energy, Environment, and Limits to Growth


• 10: Ravi Rajan: Environment and Development in India

About the author

Delia Davin, Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Leeds, Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Oxford University

Summary

What do China and India have in common and where do they differ in their pathways to economic and social development over the last two decades? This volume examines each country in paired chapters covering social and environmental impacts, economic development, labour and demography.

Product details

• Authors: Delia (Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studie Davin
• Assisted by: Delia Davin (Editor), Delia (Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies Davin (Editor), Davin Delia (Editor), Barbara Harriss-White (Editor), Barbara (Emeritus Professor of Development Studies Harriss-White (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2014
• EAN: 9780197265673
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726567-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Proceedings of the British Academy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, India, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sociology: work & labour, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Development Studies, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General