Diversity and Change in Modern India: Economic, Social and Political Approaches

India's society, economy, and polity have been transformed at a gathering pace since the early 1990s, and India's growing role on the world stage makes it imperative to understand the roots and consequences of these changes. The 11 papers in this interdisciplinary volume review the growing body of data that help to make sense of these changes and to understand their likely significance.

The volume provides systematic, macro-level studies of economic, demographic, social, and political …