The New India: Citizenship, Subjectivity, and Economic Liberalization

By Kanishka Chowdhury

Book Overview

This book looks critically at various constructions of the Indian citizen from 1991 to 2007, the period when economic liberalization became established government policy. Examining differing images of citizenship and its rules and rituals, Chowdhury sheds light on the complex interactions between culture and political economy in the New India.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230109519
• ISBN13: 9780230109513
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"