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On Modern Indian Sensibilities Culture Politics History

On Modern Indian Sensibilities Culture Politics History

This book consists of incisive and imaginative readings of culture politics and history – and their intersections – in eastern India from the 16th to the 20th century. Focusing especially on Assam Odisha Bengal and their margins the volume explores Indo-Islamic cultures of rule as located on the cusp of Mughal-cosmopolitan and regional–local formations. Tracking sensibilities of time and history senses of events and persons and productions of the past and the present the volume unravels intimate expressions of aesthetics and scandals heroism and martyrdom and voice and gender. It examines key questions of the interchanges between literary cultures and contending nationalisms culture and cosmopolitanism temporality and mythology literature and literacy history and modernity and print culture and popular media. The book offers grounded and connected accounts of a large important region usually studied in isolation. It will be of interest to scholars and students of history literature politics sociology cultural studies and South Asian studies. | On Modern Indian Sensibilities Culture Politics History

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Futilitarianism Essays on India’s Economic Policy and Performance

Futilitarianism Essays on India’s Economic Policy and Performance

This volume is an overview of and commentary on aspects of contemporary India and its socio-economic policies. It focuses on India’s economy and society in recent years and in the process it addresses structural issues of development such as those of population poverty inequality health and social exclusion. It reviews the adequacy and appropriateness of governmental response to these problems in terms of public policy narrowly conceived and philosophical orientation more broadly conceived. The concern is not only with economic achievement and human development but also with the framework of civic rights personal liberty and institutional autonomy within which the exercise of governance is perceived to be carried out. The essays in this volume were originally written with the general-reader-as-involved-citizen very much in mind as the intended target. However it should also be of interest to scholars of economics political science development studies and South Asian studies. | Futilitarianism Essays on India’s Economic Policy and Performance

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Coronasphere Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours

Coronasphere Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours

This book presents a broad overview of the challenges posed by COVID-19 in India and its neighboring countries. It studies the differing responses to COVID-19 infections across South Asia the variegated impact of the pandemic on its societies communities and economies and emerging challenges which require an interdisciplinary understanding and analysis. With a range of case studies from India Bangladesh Myanmar Pakistan Nepal Bhutan and Sri Lanka this book Analyses the socio-economic impact of the pandemic including the structural challenges faced by farmers in the agricultural production and migrant workers in the informal sectors; Examines the shifting trends in migration and displacement during the pandemic; Explores the precarity faced by LGBTQ+ transgender Dalit tribal senior citizens and other marginalized communities during the pandemic; Discusses the gendered impact of the pandemic on women and girls combining with multiple and intersecting inequalities like race ethnicity socio-economic status age geographical location and sexual orientation; Sheds light on the position of health infrastructure and healthcare services across different countries and the transitions experienced in their education sectors as well in response to COVID-19. A holistic read on the pandemic this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology medical anthropology sociology of health pandemic and health studies political studies social anthropology public policy and South Asian studies. | Coronasphere Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours

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Teacher Development in India Building on Grassroots Innovations and Technology

Teacher Development in India Building on Grassroots Innovations and Technology

This volume shows how grassroots educational innovations and technology can be brought together in a fresh approach to human resource development in public social services. Based on a three-decade-long engagement with innovation in public education this book provides an illustration of how teacher-driven innovations can be transformed into learning objects for technology-based professional development. It describes how innovations can be identified screened and validated and disseminated through two mechanisms—a clearinghouse-based approach and grassroots innovation “fairs. ” It then demonstrates how these innovations can form the backbone of a “third space ” problem-based-learning curriculum which can be delivered through a technology platform for large-scale professional development. The book offers guidance on practical ways of doing this and on evaluating the curriculum’s impact with case studies of programmes that covered thousands of teachers. This book will be of interest to teachers students and professionals in education teacher education digital education information technology communication and media studies. It will also be useful to educationists policymakers teacher educators educational institutions online education centres and practitioners involved in professional development education and training in developing countries. | Teacher Development in India Building on Grassroots Innovations and Technology

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Present Values Essays on Economics and Aspects of Indian Society

Present Values Essays on Economics and Aspects of Indian Society

This volume is about economists economics and issues of concern to Indian society. Some essays are expository and some satirical. Together they offer a commentary on the state of the discipline of economics today and on aspects of contemporary India’s society and polity. The volume affords insights into among other things - the pervasive influence of economists such as Kenneth Arrow and Anthony Atkinson and thinkers such as Tom Paine Jonathan Swift and Dadabhai Naoroji; - the place of markets and game theory (and even crime fiction!) in present-day economics; - the affectations and convoluted mathematisation of a good deal of ‘mainstream’ economics; and - India’s recent political climate and the conduct of various arms of the legislature the executive and the judiciary in the country. Engaging and lucidly written this volume should be of interest to scholars of economics political science development studies South Asian studies and above all the general reader. | Present Values Essays on Economics and Aspects of Indian Society

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Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

This book examines cultural imaginations post 9/11. It explores the idea of a religious community and its multifaceted representations in literature and popular culture. The essays in the volume focus on the role of literature film music television shows and other cultural forms in opening up spaces for complex reflections on identities and cultures and how they enable us to rethink the ‘trauma of familiarity’ post-traumatic heterotopias religious extremism and the idea of the ‘neighbour’ in post-9/11 literary and cultural imagination. The volume also probes the intersections of religion popular media televised simulacrum and digital martyrdom in the wake of 9/11. It also probes the simulation of new- age media images with reference to the creation and dissemination of ‘martyrs’ the languages of grief religionisation of terrorism islamophobia religious stereotypes and the reading of comics in writing the terror. An essential read the book reclaims and reinterprets the alternative to a Eurocentric/Americentric understanding of cultural and geopolitical structures of global designs. It will be of great interest to researchers of literature and cultural studies media studies politics film studies and South Asian studies. | Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

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Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition India in the global debate

Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition India in the global debate

This book evaluates the relevance of classical debates on agrarian transition and extends the horizon of contemporary debates in the Indian context linking national trends with regional experiences. It identifies new dynamics in agrarian political economy and presents a comprehensive account of diverse aspects of capitalist transition both at theoretical and empirical levels. The essays discuss several neglected domains in agricultural economics such as discursive dimensions of agrarian relations and limitations of stereotypical binaries between capital and non-capital rural and urban sectors agriculture and industry and accumulation and subsistence. With contributions from major scholars in the field this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of agriculture economics political economy sociology rural development and development studies. | Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition India in the global debate

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Deepening Democracy Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development

Deepening Democracy Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development

This book examines the renewed interest and commitment that countries across the world have shown in recent decades towards adopting models of decentralising or downsizing the state and moving towards more participatory models of government. It examines systems of decentralised development such as self-managing co-operatives from a global and comparative perspective with a focus on developing countries. Drawing on examples from Kerala and a few other states in India as well as Cuba Bangladesh and South Africa among other countries the book offers critical perspectives on the positive impacts of these experiments and the promises these offer for the future. It discusses the challenges of implementing these models how well these work in coordination with the civil society and the state issues of transparency and democratic oversight as well as corruption and capture of power due to entrenched structures of inequality. The volume analyses welfare and development models and self-management interventionsin countering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also looks at the meritsand demerits of decentralisation in countering the global socioeconomic and environmental crisis and the rise of authoritarian populism in many countries. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of development studies political science business community development social justice as well as of co-operative management programmes. It will also appeal to students of political economy as well as development professionals think tanks and policymakers. | Deepening Democracy Comparative Perspectives on Decentralization Cooperativism and Self-Managed Development

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Predictive Analytics in Human Resource Management A Hands-on Approach

Predictive Analytics in Human Resource Management A Hands-on Approach

This volume is a step-by-step guide to implementing predictive data analytics in human resource management (HRM). It demonstrates how to apply and predict various HR outcomes which have an organisational impact to aid in strategising and better decision-making. The book: Presents key concepts and expands on the need and role of HR analytics in business management. Utilises popular analytical tools like artificial neural networks (ANNs) and K-nearest neighbour (KNN) to provide practical demonstrations through R scripts for predicting turnover and applicant screening. Discusses real-world corporate examples and employee data collected first-hand by the authors. Includes individual chapter exercises and case studies for students and teachers. Comprehensive and accessible this guide will be useful for students teachers and researchers of data analytics Big Data human resource management statistics and economics. It will also be of interest to readers interested in learning more about statistics or programming. | Predictive Analytics in Human Resource Management A Hands-on Approach

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The Chinese Shadow on India’s Eastward Engagement The Energy Security Dimension

The Chinese Shadow on India’s Eastward Engagement The Energy Security Dimension

India one of the largest importers of oil in the world has been diversifying its energy resource options and moving towards greater energy security. This book analyses India’s potential for building energy ties in the Asia–Pacific considering the global and regional power politics. Facing China’s growing influence in Asia India’s eastward engagement with its extended neighbours has been entrenched in its Act East Policy and institutional commitments towards Southeast Asia. This volume focuses on diverse facets of energy security beyond the traditional understanding of demand and supply and price and stability. It examines India’s energy sector its dependence on hydrocarbons and the push towards renewable and alternate energy resources. It further looks at the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean and South China Sea regions in geopolitical negotiations from an energy perspective and how China’s influence in the region will affect India’s moves towards greater energy cooperation with the countries of East Asia. With contributions by leading experts the volume seeks to fill a major void in this theme and cater to the needs of a variety of audiences including academics policymakers and experts in international relations geopolitics and geoeconomics and professionals in the field of energy studies. | The Chinese Shadow on India’s Eastward Engagement The Energy Security Dimension

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Rise of Saffron Power Reflections on Indian Politics

Rise of Saffron Power Reflections on Indian Politics

This volume looks at the impact of the landmark 2014 elections and the consequent Assembly elections which have transformed the ideological discourse of India. It discusses a variety of topical issues in contemporary Indian politics including the Modi wave Aam Aadmi Party and the challenges it is confronting today Hindutva and minorities the decline of the Congress party changes in foreign policy as well as phenomenona like ‘love jihad’ and ghar wapsi. It also draws together political trends from across the country especially key states like Uttar Pradesh Punjab Kerala Tamil Nadu Telangana and Seemandhra West Bengal Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya. The volume will be of great importance to scholars and researchers of Indian politics public policy sociology and social policy. | Rise of Saffron Power Reflections on Indian Politics

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Employment Growth and Development Essays on a Changing World Economy

Employment Growth and Development Essays on a Changing World Economy

This book examines the critical themes of employment growth and development to focus on challenges and opportunities both old and new in the contemporary world economy. The essential theme that runs through the book is that there is a strong relationship not only between employment and growth but also between employment and development where the causation runs in both directions. The author shows how employment transforms economic growth into meaningful development by providing livelihoods and incomes to people. While the book is primarily concerned with developing countries it considers industrialized countries as points of reference or comparison since the latter are a large part of an interdependent world in which problems faced by the two sets of countries are frequently connected and sometimes common. The ten essays in this volume also provide a macroeconomic analysis of development problems situated in the wider context of a changing world economy exploring possible solutions to understand the implications for countries and for people. A timely collection by an eminent economist this book will be useful to teachers students and researchers in economics especially those interested in macroeconomics political economy and development studies. | Employment Growth and Development Essays on a Changing World Economy

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Concise History of Indian Economy Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s

Concise History of Indian Economy Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s

This book presents a concise economic history of India from 1600 to the mobile economy of the twenty-first century. It examines political events social history and economic developments across the world through the years to showcase how India has navigated its economic past present and future and shaped events that for years controlled the Indian economy. This volume covers a range of important themes which include: Medieval fiscal systems and the European surge in India The impact of the British Industrial Revolution on India; English interventionism and policies; the imperialistic economy and its impact Indian economy and nationalist movement in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century; the Great Depression and its global consequences Gandhiism and ‘mass nationalism’; Independence and Partition; the impact of the World Wars; the inter-war economy; the rise of the dollar and other key global trends The Cold War and India Constitutional remedies nation-building and industrial policies; food security the Green Revolution and the power politics of 1970s Liberalization privatization and globalization in the 1990s; and The economy of war and peace India–China relations and current trends in political economy The book offers a lucid and insightful narrative of how the economy unfolded in India. It will interest readers of Indian history economic history and South Asian history and other general readers. | Concise History of Indian Economy Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s

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English Teachers’ Accounts Essays on the Teacher the Text and the Indian Classroom

English Teachers’ Accounts Essays on the Teacher the Text and the Indian Classroom

This book looks at the figure of the English teacher in Indian classrooms and examines the practice and relevance of English and India’s colonial legacy many decades after independence. The book is an account of the varied experiences of teaching English in universities in different parts of the country. It highlights the changes in curriculum and teaching practices and how the discipline lent itself to a study of culture historical contexts the fashioning of identities or reform over the years. The volume presents the dramatic changes in the composition of the English classroom in terms of gender class caste and indigenous communities in recent decades as well as the shifts in teaching strategies and curriculum which the new diversity necessitated. The essays in the collection also examine the distinctiveness of English practice in India through classroom accounts which explore themes like post-coloniality feminism and human rights through the study of texts by Shakespeare Beckett Doris Lessing and poetry from the Northeast. This book will be of interest to academics researchers students and practitioners of English Studies education colonial studies cultural studies and South Asian studies as well as those concerned with the history of higher education and the establishment of disciplines and institutions. | English Teachers’ Accounts Essays on the Teacher the Text and the Indian Classroom

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The Vernacular Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept and its Uses in South Asia

The Vernacular Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept and its Uses in South Asia

This book examines the validity of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ and the position of the so-called ‘vernaculars’ in colonial and postcolonial settings. It addresses recent formulations and debates regarding the status of regional languages of South Asia in relation to English. The authors explore the range of meanings the term has assumed and trace a history of contestation since the colonial age. They contend that though the ‘vernacular’ in South Asia has since the nineteenth century often operated as a hegemonic category relegating the languages thus designated to an inferior status those languages (and other cultural formations labelled as ‘vernacular’) have also received empowering impulses and vested with qualities like groundedness and strength. The book highlights the need for a critical discussion of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ in the context of the ongoing rise of Anglophonia in South Asia as a whole and post-liberalisation India in particular. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literary and culture studies history postcolonial studies and South Asian studies. | The Vernacular Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept and its Uses in South Asia

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Education for Fullness A Study of the Educational Thought and Experiment of Rabindranath Tagore

Education for Fullness A Study of the Educational Thought and Experiment of Rabindranath Tagore

This volume is the first comprehensive exploration of Rabindranath Tagore’s works on education and pedagogy. It presents a valuable account of the creation of Santiniketan and Visva-Bharati Tagore’s vision of social regeneration and his rejection of the colonial scheme; while reflecting on significant events of his life and his ideas. The book evaluates Tagore’s unique contribution to education and discusses his views on fundamental issues such as aim method discipline and medium. It reinforces for readers today the relevance of his experiments and activities in the field of education. Drawing from various sources the book also offers bibliographic information on Tagore’s writing on education. This new edition with a new Introduction and Foreword will be of immense value to educationists teachers policymakers and those interested in modern Indian history and the philosophy of education. | Education for Fullness A Study of the Educational Thought and Experiment of Rabindranath Tagore

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Tagore Einstein and the Nature of Reality Literary and Philosophical Reflections

Tagore Einstein and the Nature of Reality Literary and Philosophical Reflections

This volume consists of a selection of scholarly essays from literature philosophy and history on the conception of reality as understood by Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein. The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. Tagore (1861–1941) met Einstein (1879–1955) at the latter’s house in Kaputh Germany on 14 July 1930 and had a long conversation on this issue. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists philosophers and scholars from the literary world. The important question that Tagore and Einstein discussed was whether the world is a unity dependent on humanity or the world is a reality independent of the human factor. Einstein believed that reality is independent of the mind and the human factor. On the other hand Tagore adopted the opposite view. Nevertheless both Einstein and Tagore claimed to be realists — their conceptions of reality were obviously fundamentally different. Where does the difference lie? Can it be harmonized at a deeper level? This volume brings together for the first time a gamut of views on this subject from eminent scholars. It presents some key reflections on reality language poetry truth science personality human sciences virtue ethics intelligibility and creativity. It will be useful to scholars and researchers of philosophy literature history and political studies as also to those interested in Tagore. | Tagore Einstein and the Nature of Reality Literary and Philosophical Reflections

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Literature Language and the Classroom Essays for Promodini Varma

Literature Language and the Classroom Essays for Promodini Varma

This book is a Festschrift dedicated to Promodini Varma a meticulous scholar teacher and administrator of extraordinary rigour grit and perception. It presents reflections on researching and teaching English literatures and languages in India. It concerns itself broadly with literary modernism and English language teaching and classroom pedagogy some of the core concerns of the literary fraternity today. The volume examines how the literary and cultural manifestations of modernity have pervasively informed not just much of our disciplinary framework but many of the key issues—decolonisation globalisation development—our society grapples with. With essays on William Butler Yeats Arthur Conan Doyle E. M. Forster D. H. Lawrence and Rudyard Kipling the volume presents fresh insights on familiar canonical ground. It discusses ELT and classroom pedagogy and provides grounded appraisals of teaching and translating for multilingual classroom audiences given the demands of employability and the hierarchical dynamics of educational institutions. An interview on feminist pedagogy and theatre and an essay on urban nostalgia and redevelopment act as pertinent outliers reflecting the ongoing transition to more multi-sited and interdisciplinary research and praxis. An engaging read on some of the most pressing concerns in the field this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature and literary criticism English language studies and education. | Literature Language and the Classroom Essays for Promodini Varma

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The COVID-19 Pandemic The Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak

The COVID-19 Pandemic The Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak

This book presents a comprehensive account of the COVID-19 pandemic also known as the novel coronavirus pandemic as it happened. This volume examines the first responses to the COVID-19 pandemic the contexts of earlier epidemics and the epidemiological basics of infectious diseases. Further it discusses patterns in the spread of the disease; the management and containment of infections at the personal national and global level; effects on trade and commerce; the social and psychological impact on people; the disruption and postponement of international events; the role of various international organizations like the WHO in the search for solutions; and the race for a vaccine or a cure. Based on new data and latest developments the second edition of this volume explores the global spread of COVID-19 since 2019 and examines the emergence of the evolving coronavirus variants (Alpha Beta Gamma Delta and Omicron). Further it extensively discusses what we have since discovered on the disease along with recent progress on treatments and vaccines. Authored by a medical professional and an economist working on the frontlines this book gives a nuanced verified and fact-checked analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic and its global response. A one-stop resource on the COVID-19 outbreak it is indispensable for every reader and a holistic work for scholars and researchers of medical sociology public health political economy public policy and governance sociology of health and medicine and paramedical and medical practitioners. It will also be a great resource for policymakers government departments and civil society organizations working in the area. | The COVID-19 Pandemic The Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak

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Learning without Burden Where are We a Quarter Century after the Yash Pal Committee Report

Learning without Burden Where are We a Quarter Century after the Yash Pal Committee Report

This book looks at education reforms planning and policy through an exploration of the Yash Pal Committee report (1993) in India which made recommendations to improve the quality of learning while reducing cognitive burden on students. It analyses the wide-ranging impact the report had on curriculum pedagogy teacher education reforms and the national policy on education. The book examines the legacy of the report tracing the various deliberations and critical engagements with issues around literacy language and mathematics learning curriculum reforms and classroom practices assessment and evaluation. It reviews contemporary developments in research on learning in diverse disciplines and languages through the lens of the recommendations made by the Learning without Burden report while engaging with challenges and systemic issues which limit inclusivity and access to quality education. Drawing on extensive research and first-hand academic and teaching experience this book will attract attention and interest of students and researchers of educational policy and analysis linguistics sociology and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policy makers think tanks and civil society organisations. | Learning without Burden Where are We a Quarter Century after the Yash Pal Committee Report

GBP 130.00
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Neighbourhoods and Public Health The Impact of Place in Urban Areas

Neighbourhoods and Public Health The Impact of Place in Urban Areas

This book examines the concept of neighbourhood over space and time and understands how neighbourhoods can impact human health and well-being. It discusses the identification of neighbourhood boundaries features of individual neighbourhoods and the concept of neighbourhood in some major world as well as Indian cities. Based on extensive research this study refers to both primary as well as secondary sources of data using various statistical and geo-spatial techniques. The first section of the book focuses on the concept of neighbourhood concept of neighbourhood unit methods used in the identification of neighbourhood boundaries and theories related to neighbourhood effects on health. The subsequent section of the book deals with a case study on neighbourhood effects on health in an Indian city. The case study is followed by a comparison of its results with other global studies. This book will be useful to the departments of Geography Public Health Sociology and Social Work. It will also be of use to professionals and practitioners like city planners architects NGOs Environmentalists and urban policy makers. | Neighbourhoods and Public Health The Impact of Place in Urban Areas

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Democratic Transition in Bhutan Political Contests as Moral Battles

Democratic Transition in Bhutan Political Contests as Moral Battles

This book studies how a modern monarchy transformed Bhutan into a parliamentary democracy. A political ethnography it focuses on the historic elections of 2007–2008 and studies democracy and its transformational processes from the ground up. It draws on historical as well as contemporary theories about kingship and regime change to analyse Bhutan’s nascent democratic process and reflect on the direction of political change both at the state and local levels in the aftermath of the elections. It also presents insights into the electoral and political process by giving a first-hand account of the author’s own participation in the elections and ponders on the larger political implications of this election for the region. A strong theoretical discussion situated in robust fieldwork and personal experience this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of politics especially comparative politics and political institutions South Asian and Himalayan Studies political sociology and social anthropology. | Democratic Transition in Bhutan Political Contests as Moral Battles

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Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies

Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies

This book examines the relevance of the concepts and hypotheses of macroeconomics in the contemporary world. It discusses the current debates on theory and practices of macroeconomic policies with a focus on developing economies emerging from the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The volume advocates for a symbiotic relationship between macroeconomic policies and development strategies. It analyses several issues related to macroeconomic tools which include openness capital flows exchange rate and financial strategies. It underscores the need to design a development strategy that accounts for the economic context of the countries concerned. Further the book advocates for well-regulated macrofinancial policies promoting sustainable growth. It also provides recommendations to policy makers on formulating a sound and inclusive macroeconomic policy essential for financial stability. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of macroeconomics public administration development studies management and policymaking. It will also be useful to economists policymakers and journalists working on emerging and developing economies. | Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies

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