Books in the Oxford India Short Introductions Series series

This book examines alternative paths to economic development with special reference to the Indian context. It examines alternative meanings of development, the main obstacles to it, including domestic, international and non-economic ones, and alternative strategies and solution. It argues against a doctrinaire neoliberal strategy and favours a balanced approach that pays careful attention to contextual factors.

The book tells the hitherto untold story of evolution of employment conditions in India over a period of six decades beginning in the mid-1950s. It reviews, in a sharp and concise manner, the conditions of employment existing at the start of India's journey of development, the way the conditions have changed since then and the linkages between the changes in employment conditions and economic growth. It outlines the employment challenge that India is now confrontedwith and discusses the possibilities and ways of meeting the challenge.

Critical introduction to India's democratic politics; this text offers a quick guide to key issues pertaining Indian democracy. This book introduces to the lay reader deeply contested riddles about India's democracy in a non-technical language. For anyone wanting to make assessment of Indian democracy, this tract should be the first valuable entry point.

This is a short introduction to the life and ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India's first prime minister, aimed at the general readers and the students.

Surrogacy is a concise look at the ways in which systems of surrogacy have evolved in India, the issues and practices surrounding reproduction, kinship, women's bodies, reproductive technologies, and transnational reproductive tourism.