In beautiful prose and street-level reporting, Daniel Lak argues that India has become a global superpower because of its religion, caste, politics, and poverty and not in spite of it. ÍNDICE: Introduction - Debugging the Millennium: Y2K and India - >From Tech Support to Tutoring: Indiab s Online Revolution - Silicon and Slums: New Economy, Old Problems - Watching the Numbers: Early Warnings of Indiab s Woes - Fighting for Freedom: A Colonial Legacy - Democracy, Dynasty and Devolution: Transferring Power in India - The New Freedom Struggle: Indiab s Activists in Action - Educating India Then and Now: A Journey from Light to Darkness - Hinduism and its Discontents: Strength Amid Weakness - Nuking the Soft State: How India Learned to Love the Bomb - Becoming Asiab s America: The Next Liberal Superpower? - Conclusion - Notes - Acknowledgments - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-60783-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 07/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés