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Political Economy of Contemporary India: Some Comments
Economic and Political Weekly (2009)
  • Deepankar Basu, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Debarshi Das
Abstract
Two of the most important characteristics of contemporary Indian reality are primary accumulation of capital and the continued existence of a huge pool of surplus labour. Partha Chatterjee’s attempt (EPW, 19 April) at explaining these important features, though insightful, is fraught with numerous theoretical and empirical problems.
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Publication Date
June, 2009
Citation Information
Deepankar Basu and Debarshi Das. "Political Economy of Contemporary India: Some Comments" Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 44 Iss. 22 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/deepankar_dasu/18/