PublishedPenguin, May 2014 |
ISBN9780141975825 |
FormatSoftcover, 448 pages |
Dimensions19.9cm × 13.3cm × 2.7cm |
India is booming - but for whom? In An Uncertain Glory, two of India's leading economists argue that there have been major failures both to foster participatory growth and to make good use of the public resources generated by economic growth to enhance people's living conditions.
Underlying these failures is a pervasive lack of attention paid to the essential needs of the people, especially of the poor, and often of women. This book not only presents a powerful analysis of India's deprivations and inequalities, but also argues for the possibility of change through democratic practice. 'An urgent, passionate, political work . . . a heartfelt plea to rethink what progress in a poor country ought to look like.' Jyoti Thottam, The New York Times 'Compared even with its poorer neighbours, Bangladesh and Nepal, India's social record is unusually grim. An Uncertain Glory, an excellent but unsettling new book by two of India's best-known development economists, Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze, sets out how and why this is so.' Economist 'An Uncertain Glory has incited controversy ... a call to action.' Manjula Narayan, Hindustan Times 'A devastating critique . . . What underpins the book is a deep faith in human reason.' Madeleine Bunting, Guardian
