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100	1		_aBalasubramanian, Aditya, _d1990- _eauthor. _941156
245	1	0	_aToward a free economy : _bSwatantra and opposition politics in democratic India / _cAditya Balasubramanian.
260			_aNew Jersey _bPrinceton Univ. Press _c2023
263			_a2307
300			_a323p.
490	0		_aHistories of economic life
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a"You, Too Can Be an Economist" -- Making a New India: Dreams, Accomplishments, Disappointments, circa 1940-70 -- Indian Libertarians and the Birth of Free Economy -- Conservative Opposition to the "Permit-and-License Raj" -- Beyond Ghosts: Visions and Scales of Free Economies -- Communicating and Mobilizing: Free Economy as Opposition -- Against the Tide: Swatantra in Office and Memory.
520			_a"Neoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected on the rest of the world. Revising this understanding, Toward a Free Economy shows how economic conservatism emerged and was disseminated in a postcolonial society consistent with the logic of democracy. Twelve years after the British left India, a Swatantra ("Freedom") Party came to life. It encouraged Indians to break with the Indian National Congress Party, which spearheaded the anticolonial nationalist movement and now dominated Indian democracy. Rejecting Congress's heavy-industrial developmental state and the accompanying rhetoric of socialism, Swatantra promised "free economy" through its project of opposition politics. As it circulated across various genres, "free economy" took on meanings that varied by region and language, caste and class, and won diverse advocates. These articulations, informed by but distinct from neoliberalism, came chiefly from communities in southern and western India as they embraced new forms of entrepreneurial activity. At their core, they connoted anticommunism, unfettered private economic activity, decentralized development, and the defense of private property. Opposition politics encompassed ideas and practice. Swatantra's leaders imagined a conservative alternative to a progressive dominant party in a two-party system. They communicated ideas and mobilized people around such issues as inflation, taxation, and property. And they made creative use of India's institutions to bring checks and balances to the political system. Democracy's persistence in India is uncommon among postcolonial societies. By excavating a perspective of how Indians made and understood their own democracy and economy, Aditya Balasubramanian broadens our picture of neoliberalism, democracy, and the postcolonial world"--
610	2	0	_aSwatantra Party. _941157
650		0	_aConservatism _zIndia _xHistory _y20th century. _941158
650		0	_aNeoliberalism _xEconomic aspects _zIndia. _941159
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / South / General _2bisacsh _941160
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy _2bisacsh _941161
651		0	_aIndia _xEconomic conditions _y1947- _941162
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1947- _941163
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBalasubramanian, Aditya, 1990- _tToward a free economy. _dPrinceton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, 2023 _z9780691249292 _w(DLC) 2022056532
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