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.

Author: Jamie Cross
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 04/20/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780745333724

About the Author

Jamie Cross is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Development at the University of Edinburgh.

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