A Research Guide to Central Party and Government Meetings in China, 1949-1975

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ID7948240
AuthorsParris H Chang (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Kenneth Lieberthal
Year1977
Volume50
Issue2
Pages296
Publication date1977-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2756316
OpenAlexW2915994354
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Since 2001, India has gained new attention as an emerging world power with a rapidly growing economy, a world-class science and technology sector, and a huge English-speaking labor pool. After a period of escalating tension with neighbor Pakistan, wide-ranging peace talks are underway. Within India, there is an unprecedented mood of optimism about the future. At the same time, the nation wrestles with difficult questions about the place of secularism in society, the role it sees for itself globally and within Asia, and the reality that millions of Indians still live at the subsistence level. This volume of India Briefing examines India's changing fortunes through chapters that cover the economy the twists and turns of domestic politics labor in the large informal sector the cultural roots of Hindu nationalism the foreign relations rollercoaster the business of Bollywood and a special chapter on the range of new resources about India available on the web

Central government · China · Government (linguistics) · Local government · Political science · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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