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Grid-locked African Economic Sovereignty: Decolonising the Neo-imperial Socio-economic and Legal Force-fields in the 21st Century
Artwell Nhemachena, Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa
Post-colonial theory,Decolonizing Economics,Pluralist Movement
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Grid_locked_African_Economic_Sovereignty/FdKLDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Africa, Degrowth, Post-development, Neo-liberalism, Post-colonialism, Labour, Investment
Grid-locked African Economic Sovereignty: Decolonising the Neo-imperial Socio-economic and Legal Force-fields in the 21st Century. Cameroon, Langaa RPCIG, 2019.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies
Jayati Ghosh
Feminist Economics
https://www.routledge.com/Informal-Women-Workers-in-the-Global-South-Policies-and-Practices-for-the/Ghosh/p/book/9780367545987
Informal labour; Global South; Policy; Women workers; Women employment
Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2021.
Intermediate
Africa's Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent
Léonce Ndikumana, James K. Boyce
Development Economics,Others,Decolonizing Economics,Post-colonial theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Africa_s_Odious_Debts/XWdjDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Africa%27s+Odious+Debts+How+Foreign+Loans+and+Capital+Flight+Bled+a+Continent&printsec=frontcover
Africa, Foreign Loans, Capital Flight, Debt-service payments
Boyce, James K., and Ndikumana, Léonce. Africa's Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent. United Kingdom, Zed Books, 2011.
Advanced,Research oriented
Banking on Health: The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America
Shiri Roy
Development Economics,Others
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Banking_on_Health/Vnk2DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Banking+on+Health+The+World+Bank+and+Health+Sector+Reform+in+Latin+America&printsec=frontcover
World Bank, Public Health, WHO, Latin America
Noy, Shiri. Banking on Health: The World Bank and Health Sector Reform in Latin America. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2017.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression
Tithi Bhattacharya (editor)
Economic Sociology,Marxian Economics,Feminist Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Social_Reproduction_Theory/MaY8MQAACAAJ?hl=en
Care Economy, Productivity, Repreoductive Labor, Social Oppression, Economic Exploitation
Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression. United Kingdom, Pluto Press, 2017.
Intermediate
From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen
Decolonizing Economics,Institutional Economics,Structural Economics,Critical Theory,Post-colonial theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/From_Here_to_Equality/bPXGDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Reparations, Economic Equality and Oppurtunities, Racial Equity
Mullen, A. Kirsten, and Darity, William A.. From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century. United States, University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Intermediate
Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India
Andrew B. Liu
Indian Economic History,Post-colonial theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Tea_War/U1LaDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Colonial History, Imperialism, History of Capitalism, Capitalist Accumulation, Tea Plantation
Liu, Andrew B.. Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India. United Kingdom, Yale University Press, 2020.
Intermediate,Research oriented
China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
Yuen Yuen Ang
Institutional Economics,Structural Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/China_s_Gilded_Age/J13bDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Economic Growth, Elite Exchanges, Power and Profit, Corruption
Ang, Yuen Yuen. China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Intermediate
Empire, Political Economy, and the Diffusion of Chocolate in the Atlantic World
Irene Fattacciu
Structural Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Empire_Political_Economy_and_the_Diffusi/UQZYywEACAAJ?hl=en
Neo-imperialism, Atlantic Ocean Region, Cocoa trade, History, Ecuador
Fattacciu, Irene. Empire, Political Economy, and the Diffusion of Chocolate in the Atlantic World. United Kingdom, Routledge, 2020.
Intermediate
Planetary Mine: Territories of Extraction Under Late Capitalism
Martin Arboleda
Ecological Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Planetary_Mine/YFmSDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Territoriality of resource extraction, Capitalist world-system,
Arboleda, Martin. Planetary Mine: Territories of Extraction Under Late Capitalism. United Kingdom, Verso Books, 2020.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Decolonizing the University, Knowledge Systems and Disciplines in Africa
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Siphamandla Zondi (edit.)
Decolonizing Economics,Critical Theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Decolonizing_the_University_Knowledge_Sy/rN7KsgEACAAJ?hl=en
Decolonizing, Epistemic injustices, Epistemology, Methodology, Coloniality of knowledge
Decolonizing the University, Knowledge Systems and Disciplines in Africa. United States, Carolina Academic Press, 2016.
Research oriented
Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
Jean-Paul Fitouss, Amartya Sen, Joseph E. Stiglitz
Development Economics,Critical Theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Mismeasuring_Our_Lives/w5g1YbKEtwsC?hl=en&gbpv=0
GDP, Economic Growth, Policymaking, Social Progress, Measurement of Well-Being
Fitouss, Jean-Paul, Amartya Kumar Sen, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up. ReadHowYouWant. com, 2011.
Intermediate
Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World
Arturo Escobar
Pluralist Movement,Development Economics,Others
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/Y35aclb012YC?hl=en
Africa, Colonial Communities, Development Economics, Alternative Discourses, Anthropology
Escobar, Arturo. Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the Third World. Vol. 1. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Intermediate
Financializing Poverty: Labor and Risk in Indian Microfinance
Sohini Kar
History of Economic Thought,Indian Economic History,Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Financializing_Poverty/KVQUtAEACAAJ?hl=en
Microfinance, Case Studies, Financial Inclusion, Labor, Entrepreneurship, Social Banking, Critical theory
Kar, Sohini. Financializing poverty: Labor and risk in Indian microfinance. Stanford University Press, 2018.
Intermediate
Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
Morten Jerven
Critical Theory
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Africa.html?id=IIKcoAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Africa, Economic Growth, Fundamental Challenges
Jerven, M. (2015) Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong (African Arguments). London: Zed Books
Intermediate
Rethinking Markets in Modern India: Embedded Exchange and Contested Jurisdiction
Ajay Gandhi, Barbara Harriss-White, Douglas E. Haynes, Sebastian Schwecke
Indian Economic History,Development Economics
https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/economics/economic-development-and-growth/rethinking-markets-modern-india-embedded-exchange-and-contested-jurisdiction?format=HB
Indian Capitalism, Market Governance, South Asian History, Interdependence and Trust
Gandhi, A., Harriss-White, B., Haynes, D. E., & Schwecke, S. (2021). Rethinking markets in Modern India: embedded exchange and contested jurisdiction. Cambridge University Press
Intermediate
Modern Imperialism, Monopoly Finance Capital, and Marx’s Law of Value
Samir Amin
Marxian Economics,Others,Structural Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Modern_Imperialism_Monopoly_Finance_Capi/QsaSDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
Advancement of Marx’s theories, Marxian theory can be adapted to modern economic conditions.
Amin, Samir. Modern Imperialism, Monopoly Finance Capital, and Marx’s Law of Value. Monthly Review Press ,2018
Intermediate
Hydraulic City: Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai
Nikhil Anand
Economic Sociology,Others
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31718
Anthropology; European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System; Infrastructure, Mumbai, Proj construction; Water supply; Ethnography
Anand, Nikhil (2017). Hydraulic CIty: Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai. Duke University Press
Intermediate
Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Feminist Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Provincializing_Europe/QqDa4tGENvYC?hl=en
India, Marxism, Political Implications, Social Sciences
Chakrabarty, Dipesh. Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial thought and historical difference. Princeton University Press, 2008.
Intermediate
Migration, Gender and Care Economy
Neetha N., S. Irudaya_Rajan
Feminist Economics,Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Migration_Gender_and_Care_Economy.html?id=FGNwDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
women, migration, care economy, vulnerability, discrimination
Migration, Gender and Care Economy. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2018.
Intermediate
Social Policy
Jean Dreze
Development Economics,Others
https://www.epw.in/system/files/Social_Policy_Ad.pdf
policy, social infrastructure, performance, effectiveness, underprivileged,
Jean Dreze (Ed.), Social Policy, Essays from Economic and Political Weekly, New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2016, 496 pp
Intermediate
An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions
Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen
Indian Economic History,Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/An_Uncertain_Glory.html?id=EmqYDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
social and economic deprivations, economic growth & development, history, political economy, inequalities
Drèze, Jean, and Sen, Amartya. An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions. United Kingdom, Penguin Books Limited, 2013.
Intermediate
Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay
Sheetal Chhabria
Critical Theory,Economic Sociology,Others
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvs1g8s1
South Asian History; Colonnial India; Famine; Capital;
Chhabria, Sheetal. Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay. U of Washington P, 2019.
Intermediate
Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction
Sabina Alkire
Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Valuing_Freedoms.html?id=GO96P5w4fHoC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
valuable capabilities, individual and cultural diversity, basic needs, participation, and informed consent
Alkire, Sabina. Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Advanced
Economics of Real-Life – A New Exposition
C.T. Kurien
Indian Economic History
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Economics_of_Real_Life.html?id=6YuQuAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Indian perspective, History of the evolution , Thought experiments
Kurien, C.T. , Economics of Real-Life – A New Exposition. 2018, Academic Foundation
Beginner
Sense And Solidarity – Jholawala Economics for Everyone
Jean Drèze
Indian Economic History,Development Economics,Economic Sociology
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Sense_and_Solidarity.html?id=QhGIDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Indian economy, Evolution of social policy
Drèze, Jean. Sense And Solidarity – Jholawala Economics for Everyone | 2018, Indian Books & Periodicals
Beginner
A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction?
Rohit Azad, Shouvik Chakraborty, Srinivasan Ramani and Dipa Sinha
Economic and Political Philosophy,Others,Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_Quantum_Leap_in_the_Wrong_Directions.html?id=fRPAwwEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Context of the Indian economy, Economic performance of the NDA government ( resonance between political win and economic performance)
Azad, Rohit, Chakraborty, Shouvik, Ramani, Srinivasan and Sinha, Dipa. A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction? 2019, Orient BlackSwan
Beginner
Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism: Social Movements, Solidarity Economy, and Global South
Philippe Eynaud, Jean-Louis Laville, Luciane dos Santos, Swati Banerjee, Flor Avelino, Lars Hulgård
Pluralist Movement,Development Economics,Others,Behavioural Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Theory_of_Social_Enterprise_and_Pluralis.html?id=UbyZDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
social enterprise, Southern realities,
Eynaud, Philippe , et al. Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism: Social Movements, Solidarity Economy, and Global South. Routledge, 2019
Intermediate
The Circular Economy and the Global South : Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Industrial Development
Patrick Schröder, Manisha Anantharaman, Kartika Anggraeni, Timothy J. Foxon
Development Economics,Ecological Economics
https://www.routledge.com/The-Circular-Economy-and-the-Global-South-Sustainable-Lifestyles-and-Green/Schroder-Anantharaman-Anggraeni-Foxon/p/book/9781138358935
circular economy discourse, sustainability
Schröder, Patrick, et al. The Circular Economy and the Global South: Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Industrial Development. Routledge, 2019
Intermediate
The Rise of the Global South: Philosophical, Geopolitical and Economic Trends of the 21st Century
Justin Dargin
Philosophy of Economics,Others,Critical Theory
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Rise_of_the_Global_South.html?id=o3O6CgAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
geopolitical, economic and trade, Global South
Dargin ,Justin. The Rise of the Global South: Philosophical, Geopolitical and Economic Trends of the 21st Century. World Scientific, 2013
Beginner
Energy, Trade and Finance in Asia: A Political and Economic Analysis
Justin Dargin, Tai Wei Lim
Others,Decolonizing Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Energy_Trade_and_Finance_in_Asia.html?id=4uY5CgAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Trade relationship between north-east Asia and the Gulf, 1973 oil crisis, Non-western standpoint
Dargin, Justin,   Lim, Tai Wei. Energy, Trade and Finance in Asia: A Political and Economic Analysis. Routledge, 2015
Intermediate
Rethinking Economics: Reflections Based on a Study of the Indian Economy
C T Kurien
Decolonizing Economics,Pluralist Movement
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Rethinking_Economics.html?id=MwLsAAAAMAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
economic theory, economic sociology and anthropology, social science methodology.
Kurien, C T . Rethinking Economics: Reflections Based on a Study of the Indian Economy. SAGE Publications, 1996
Intermediate,Research oriented
Pluralist Economics and Its History
Alex M. Thomas
Pluralist Movement,History of Economic Thought,Introduction to Heterodox Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Pluralistic_Economics_and_Its_History/We7QDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
pluralism, perspectives, mainstream economics, history of economics in India
Thomas, Alex M.. Pluralistic Economics and Its History. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2019.
Beginner
Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent
Priyamvada Gopal
Post-colonial theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Insurgent_Empire/w6BtDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Insurgents, decolonisation, imperialism
Gopal, Priyamvada. Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent. United Kingdom, Verso Books, 2019.
Intermediate
Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism
Intan Suwandi
Others
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Value_Chains/Du51DwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Value chains, global south, multinationals, imperialism
Suwandi, Intan. Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism. United States, Monthly Review Press, 2019.
Intermediate
'Capital' in the East: Reflections on Marx
Achin Chakraborty, Anjan Chakraborty, Byasdeb Dasgupta, Samita Sen
Marxian Economics,Post-colonial theory
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Capital_in_the_East/8sO4DwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Marxism, Capitalism, production, domestic workers, postcolonial
‘Capital’ in the East: Reflections on Marx. Germany, Springer Singapore, 2019.
Intermediate
The Cultural Economy of Land: Rural Bengal circa 1860-1940
Suhita Sinha Roy
Indian Economic History,Others,Decolonizing Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Cultural_Economy_of_Land/ugJvvwEACAAJ?hl=en
cultural economy, agricultural economy, case study, meaning of land
Roy, Suhita Sinha. The Cultural Economy of Land: Rural Bengal, Circa 1860-1940. India, Tulika Books, 2019.
Intermediate,Research oriented
The Economic History of Colonialism
Leigh Gardner, Tirthankar Roy
Indian Economic History,Decolonizing Economics,Others
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Economic_History_of_Colonialism/eC3wDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
effects of colonialism, history of economics, economic development
Gardner, Leigh, and Roy, Tirthankar. The Economic History of Colonialism. United Kingdom, Bristol University Press, 2020.
Intermediate
The Crafts and Capitalism: Handloom Weaving Industry in Colonial India
Tirthankar Roy
Indian Economic History,Decolonizing Economics,Others
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Crafts_and_Capitalism/AA3MDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Handlooms, indigenous crafts, production, Indian Industies
Roy, Tirthankar. The Crafts and Capitalism: Handloom Weaving Industry in Colonial India. India, Taylor & Francis, 2020.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South
Philippe Cullet and Sujith Koonan
Economics and Law,Development Economics
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-law-environment-and-the-global-south-9781784717452.html
Environment law; Global South; Inequality; Development; Environmental Justice; Sustainability
Cullet, Philippe & Koonan, Sujith. (2019). Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South. 10.4337/9781784717469.
Research oriented
Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia did not: Economic Divergence 1600-1800
Prasannan Parthasarthi
History of Economic Thought,Indian Economic History
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Why_Europe_Grew_Rich_and_Asia_Did_Not/1_YEcvo-jqcC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Indian Subcontinent, Textiles, Industrial Revolution, Europe
Parthasarathi, Prasannan. Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850. N.p., Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Beginner
The Economic History of India, 1857–2010
Tirthankar Roy
Indian Economic History
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Economic_History_of_India_1857_2010/6tQBEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
Economic History, Colonial influences, Growth, Trade, Globalisation
Roy, Tirthankar. The Economic History of India, 1857–2010. India, OUP India, 2020.
Intermediate
A New Economic History of Colonial India
Anand V. Swamy, Bishnupriya Gupta, Latika Chaudhary, Tirthankar Roy
Indian Economic History
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_New_Economic_History_of_Colonial_India/-chmCgAAQBAJ?hl=en
Economic History, Quantitative Analysis, South Asian Studies, Comparative Global History
A New Economic History of Colonial India. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2015.
Intermediate
India in the World Economy: From Antiquity to the Present
Tirthankar Roy
Indian Economic History
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/India_in_the_World_Economy/9-EgAwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Cross-cultural exchange, Trade, Methodologies, Rethinking history
Roy, Tirthankar. India in the World Economy: From Antiquity to the Present. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Beginner
A history of Indian economic thought
Ajit Kumar Dasgupta
Indian Economic History,History of Economic Thought
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Indian_Economic_Thought/O7_iTwCWUsgC?hl=en
Indian Subcontinent, culture, colonialism, underdevelopment
Dasgupta, Ajit Kumar. A history of Indian economic thought. United Kingdom, Routledge, 1993.
Beginner
Digital Inequalities in the Global South
Anna Gladkova, Massimo Ragnedda
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Digital_Inequalities_in_the_Global_South/dVjuDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Digital Divide, digital inequalities, Global South
Digital Inequalities in the Global South. Germany, Springer International Publishing, 2020.
Intermediate
The Journey of a Southern Feminist
Devaki Jain
Feminist Economics,Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Journey_of_a_Southern_Feminist/ka1SDwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Feminist theory, Decentralisation, Women's studies, Local power
Jain, Devaki. The Journey of a Southern Feminist. India, SAGE Publications, 2018.
Beginner
Gender and Social Protection Strategies in the Informal Economy
Naila Kabeer
Feminist Economics,Development Economics
https://www.routledge.com/Gender--Social-Protection-Strategies-in-the-Informal-Economy/Kabeer/p/book/9781138662636
Feminist theory, Child Labour, Employment generation, socio-economic security
Kabeer, Naila. Gender & social protection strategies in the informal economy. Routledge, 2014.
Beginner,Intermediate
Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought
Brenna Bhandar, Rafeef Ziadah
Feminist Economics
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3182-revolutionary-feminisms
Anti-racism, Anti-capitalism, Feminist theory, Migration, Social Reproduction
Bhandar, Brenna, and Rafeef Ziadah. Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought. Verso, 2020.
Intermediate
The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics
Günseli Berik, Ebru Kongar
Feminist Economics,Ecological Economics,Marxian Economics,Neo-classical Economics
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Feminist-Economics/Berik-Kongar/p/book/9780367074142
Feminist theory, Human Rights, Methodologies, Global South
Berik, Günseli, and Ebru Kongar, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics. Routledge, 2021.
Intermediate,Advanced
The Grammar of Caste: Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India
Ashwini Deshpande
Economic Sociology,Critical Theory
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198072034.001.0001/acprof-9780198072034-chapter-1
caste system, caste disparities, caste development index, India, economic analysis of caste, discrimination, quota system, modern labour markets
Deshpande, Ashwani, 2011. "The Grammar of Caste: Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198072034.
Beginner,Intermediate
Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India
Akhil Gupta
Post-colonial theory,Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Postcolonial_Developments/p1dRAAAAMAAJ?hl=en
Postcolonial, Green Revolution; Indigenous; Indian Villages; Modernisation; Environmentalism
Gupta, Akhil. Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. India, Duke University Press, 1998.
Beginner,Intermediate
Pluralistic Economics and Its History
Ajit Sinha, Alex M. Thomas
Introduction to Heterodox Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Pluralistic_Economics_and_Its_History/HaS-yQEACAAJ?hl=en
Economic history of India, Economic thought, Marxian Economics, Post-Keynesian Economics
Pluralistic Economics and Its History. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Advanced
Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India
Jayati Ghosh
Feminist Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Never_Done_and_Poorly_Paid.html?id=gvjYPgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Feminist Economics, Globalization, Labour
Ghosh, Jayati. Never done and poorly paid: Women's work in Globalising India. Women's Unlimited, 2009.
Intermediate
State and Capital in Independent India: Institutions and Accumulation
Chirashree Das Gupta
Indian Economic History
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/state-and-capital-in-independent-india/52B11A808078F7604C5E2F35565B4D00
Institutional Economics, Capital, Marxist Political Economy
Das Gupta, Chirashree. "State and Capital in Independent India: Institutions and Accumulation." (2016).
Intermediate
The Market that Failed: A Decade of Neo-liberal Economic Reforms in India
C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jayati Ghosh
Indian Economic History
https://mayday.leftword.com/catalog/product/view/id/16971
Growth, Neo-liberal Reforms, Indian Economy
Chandrasekhar, C. P., and Jayati Ghosh. The market that failed: A decade of neoliberal economic reforms in India. Leftword, 2002.
Intermediate
The Changing Face of Imperialism: Colonialism to Contemporary Capitalism
Sunanda,Sen, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
Economic and Political Philosophy
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351184816#:~:text=The%20Changing%20Face%20of%20Imperialism%20will%20provide%20fresh%20ideas%20for,globalization%20and%20free%20market%20ideology.
Imperialism, Marxist Economics, Colonialism
Sen, Sunanda, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, eds. The Changing Face of Imperialism: Colonialism to Contemporary Capitalism. Taylor & Francis, 2018.
Beginner
Class and Conflict: Revisiting Pranab Bardhan's Political Economy of Development in India
Elizabeth Chatterjee and Matthew McCartney
Indian Economic History
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780199499687.001.0001/oso-9780199499687-chapter-1
Political Economy of Development, State–Society relations, Class Analysis, Liberalization
Chatterjee, Elizabeth, and Matthew McCartney. Class and Conflict: Revisiting The Political Economy of Development in India. Oxford University Press.
Intermediate
The Retreat to Unfreedom
Prabhat Patnaik
Economic and Political Philosophy
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Retreat_to_Unfreedom.html?id=LPOPAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
History of Capitalism, Globalisation, Marxist Political Economy
Patnaik, Prabhat. The retreat to unfreedom: Essays on the emerging world order. Tulika, 2003.
Beginner
India Working: Essays on Society and Economy
Barbara Harriss-White
Indian Economic History
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/India_Working.html?id=rcMCjkjmqHEC
Labour Economics, State-Society Relations, Informal Economy
Harriss-White, Barbara. India working: Essays on society and economy. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Beginner
Materiality of Culture and Identity
Ghazala Jamil
Economic Sociology
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Accumulation_by_Segregation/PlNUDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Accumulation, Segregation, Muslims, Identity, Culture
Jamil, Ghazala. Materiality of Culture and Identity in Accumulation by Segregation: Muslim Localities in Delhi. India, OUP India, 2017.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
Vivek Chibber
Economic and Political Philosophy
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Postcolonial_Theory_and_the_Specter_of_C/gi2fmPTonwsC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Post-Colonialism, Subaltern Theory, Global South, Enlightenment
Chibber, Vivek. Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital. United Kingdom, Verso, 2013.
Advanced
Republic of Caste: Thinking Equality in the Time of Neoliberal Hindutva
Anand Teltumbde
Economic Sociology
https://navayana.org/products/republic-of-caste/?v=c86ee0d9d7ed
Critical Caste Studies, Neoliberalism
Teltumbde, Anand. Republic Of Caste. 1st ed., Navayana, 2018.
Beginner
Readings in the Theory of Economic Development
Dilip Mookherjee, Debraj Ray
Development Economics,Institutional Economics
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Readings+in+the+Theory+of+Economic+Development-p-9780631220053
Development Economics, Economic Theory
Ray, Debraj, and Dilip Mookherjee. Readings In The Theory Of Economic Development. Blackwell, 2001.
Beginner
Readings in Human Development
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, A.K. Shiva Kumar
Development Economics,Institutional Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Readings_in_Human_Development.html?id=cR65AAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
Development Economics, Economic Theory
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, and AK Shiva Kumar. Readings In Human Development. Oxford Univ. Press, 2007.
Beginner
Terms of Trade and Class Relations
Ashok Mitra
Development Economics,Marxian Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Terms_of_Trade_and_Class_Relations.html?id=KIpsD6B6SCsC&redir_esc=y
Development Economics, Class Relations, Labour
Aśoka Mitra. Terms Of Trade And Class Relations. Cass, 1977.
Beginner
An Introduction to the Human Development and Capability Approach
Severine Deneulin, Lila Shahani
Development Economics
https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/introduction-human-development-and-capability-approach-freedom-and-agency
Development Economics, Capabilities Approach, Human Development
Deneulin, Séverine, and Lila Shahani. An Introduction To The Human Development And Capability Approach. Earthscan, 2010.
Beginner
Human Development in an Unequal World
K. Seeta Prabhu, Sandhya S. Iyer
Development Economics
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/human-development-in-an-unequal-world-9780199490240?cc=us&lang=en&
Human Development, SDGs, International Development. Social Sector
Prabhu, Seeta K., and Sandhya S. Iyer. Human Development in an Unequal World. OUP India, 2019.
Beginner
Collective Choice and Social Welfare
Amartya Sen
Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Collective_Choice_and_Social_Welfare.html?id=VhDYjgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Social Choice, Welfare
Sen, Amartya. Collective Choice And Social Welfare. Harvard University Press, 2017.
Beginner
Accumulation by Dispossesion: Transformative Cities in the new Global Order
Swapna Guha Banerjee
Development Economics
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/accumulation-by-dispossession/book234924
Urban Studies, Migration, Cities
Banerjee, Swapna. Accumulation By Dispossession. SAGE, 2010.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Democracy and Development in India: From Socialism to Pro-Business
Atul Kohli
Institutional Economics,Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Democracy_and_Development_in_India.html?id=cSt5RQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Democracy, Socialism, Capitalism, Business, Globalization
Kohli, Atul. Democracy And Development In India. Oxford Univ. Press, 2011.
Intermediate
Poverty amid Plenty in the New India: Politics, Economics and Inequality
Atul Kohli
Development Economics,Institutional Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Poverty_Amid_Plenty_in_the_New_India/ybO3bTNVOgMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Poverty+amid+Plenty+in+the+New+India:+Politics,+Economics+and+Inequality&printsec=frontcover
Poverty, Inequality
Kohli, Atul. Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Beginner
Macroeconomics
Prabhat Patnaik
Marxian Economics,Institutional Economics,Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Macroeconomics/1a3sAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Macroeconomics%20Prabhat%20Patnaik
Macroeconomics
Patnaik, Prabhat. Macroeconomics. India, Oxford University Press, 1996.
Beginner
Beyond Microfinance
Mario Lamberte
Institutional Economics,Behavioural Economics
https://www.adb.org/publications/beyond-microfinance-building-inclusive-rural-financial-markets-central-asia
Micro-finance, Rural Financial Markets
Lamberte, Mario B et al. Beyond Microfinance. Asian Development Bank, 2006.
Beginner
Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Ravi Kanbur, Tony Addison, and David Hulme
Development Economics
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557547.001.0001/acprof-9780199557547
Poverty, Economic Institutions
Addison, Tony et al. Poverty Dynamics. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Beginner
Industry, Labour and Society
Sharit Bhowmik
Economic Sociology
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Industry_Labour_and_Society.html?id=hqzWlAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Industry, Labour, Class,
Bhowmik, Sharit K. Industry, Labour And Society. Orient Blackswan, 2012.
Beginner
Industrial Relations, Trade Unions and Labour Legislation
Indu Bala Sinha, P. R. N. Sinha
Marxian Economics,Institutional Economics,Development Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Industrial_Relations_Trade_Unions_and_La.html?id=6lBKowR6ReoC
Industrial Relations, Labour Union
Sinha, P. R. N, and Seema Priyadarshini Shekhar Indu Bala Sinha. Industrial Relations, Trade Unions And Labour Legislation. Pearson India, 2017.
Beginner
Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies
Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur, and Elinor Ostrom
Institutional Economics,Development Economics,Indian Economic History
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0199204764.001.0001/acprof-9780199204762
Informal Economy, Formal Economy, Labor Linkage
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb et al. Linking The Formal And Informal Economy. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Beginner
Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India
Rina Agarwala
Development Economics,Institutional Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Informal_Labor_Formal_Politics_and_Digni/qTYhAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Informal Labour Economy. Unionization, Industrial Relations
Agarwala, Rina. Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India. United States, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Growth, Distribution and Innovations: Understanding Their Interrelations
Amit Bhaduri
History of Economic Thought,Introduction to Heterodox Economics,Post-Keynesian Economics,Marxian Economics
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Growth_Distribution_and_Innovations.html?id=jntJAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y
Division of Labour, Economic Growth, Economics Structure, Class Distribution
Bhaduri, Amit. Growth, Distribution And Innovations. Taylor And Francis, 2014.
Advanced,Research oriented
The Intelligent Person's Guide to Liberalization
Amit Bhaduri, Deepak Nayyar
Indian Economic History
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Intelligent_Person_s_Guide_to_Libera.html?id=AX-BQgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Economic Development, Liberalization
Bhaduri, Amit, and Nayyar, Deepak. The Intelligent Person's Guide To Liberalization. India, Penguin Books Limited, 2000.
Beginner
Stability with Growth: Macroeconomics, Liberalization and Development
Deepak Nayyar, Joseph Stiglitz, José Antonio Ocampo, Shari Spiegel, Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
Post-Keynesian Economics,Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Stability_with_Growth/vaghobTRRbsC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Growth, Stability, Macroeconomics
Stiglitz, Joseph, et al. Stability with Growth: Macroeconomics, Liberalization and Development. United Kingdom, OUP Oxford, 2006.
Intermediate
Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy
Deepak Nayyar
Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Catch_Up/leGdAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Catch+Up:+Developing+Countries+in+the+World+Economy&printsec=frontcover
World Economy, Globalization, International Finance, Free Markets
Nayyar, Deepak. Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy. India, OUP Oxford, 2013.
Beginner
Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations
Deepak Nayyar
Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Asian_Transformations/qDGoDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Asian Economies, Growth, Economic Transformation
Nayyar, Deepak. Asian Transformations: An Inquiry Into the Development of Nations. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2019.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Unfreedom and Waged Work: Labour in India's Manufacturing Industry
Sunanda Sen, Byasdeb Dasgupta
Introduction to Heterodox Economics,Development Economics,Economic Sociology
http://sk.sagepub.com/books/unfreedom-and-waged-work
Labour Economics, South Asian Labor Markets, Industries
Dasgupta, Byasdeb, and Sen, Sunanda. Unfreedom and Waged Work: Labour in India's Manufacturing Industry. India, SAGE Publications, 2009.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
History of Economic Thought
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Perilous_Passage/xHsHEoYh3V0C?hl=en&gbpv=0
Economic History, Growth of Capital,
Bagchi, Amiya Kumar. Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital. United States, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Colonialism and Indian Economy
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Indian Economic History
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Colonialism_and_Indian_Economy/XD96RQAACAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj729SS3ejsAhWUFLcAHScmDtEQiqUDMBZ6BAgREAI
Economic History, Growth of Capital, Indian Colonial History
Bagchi, Amiya Kumar. Colonialism and Indian Economy. India, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Beginner
The Republic of Hunger and Other Essays
Utsa Patnaik
Marxian Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Republic_of_Hunger_and_Other_Essays/qVwfAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=The%20Republic%20of%20Hunger%20and%20Other%20Essays
Food Security, Agrarian Crisis, Food Supply, Globalization
Patnaik, Utsa. The Republic of Hunger and Other Essays. United Kingdom, Merlin Press, 2007.
Beginner
Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory
Nancy Fraser, Rahel Jaeggi
Critical Theory
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Capitalism.html?id=hiZjDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
Capitalism
Beginner
New Structural Economics
Justin Yifu Lin
Structural Economics
https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/978-0-8213-8955-3
Rethinking Development & Policy
Intermediate
Pinochet's Economic Accomplices: Pinochet's Economic Accomplices An Unequal Country by Force
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Karinna Fernández, Sebastián Smart
Institutional Economics,Development Economics
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793616500/Pinochet's-Economic-Accomplices-An-Unequal-Country-by-Force
Economic Inequality. Reparation, Latin America, South America, History
Bohoslavsky, J., Fernández Neira, K., & Smart, S. (2021). Pinochet's economic accomplices (1st ed.). Lexington Books.
Intermediate
A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism
Jairus Banaji
Marxian Economics,Structural Economics,Institutional Economics
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1475-a-brief-history-of-commercial-capitalism
History of Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism, Commercial History of the World
Banaji, Jairus. A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism. United States, Haymarket Books.
Intermediate
The Young Lords: A Radical History
Johanna Fernandez
Decolonizing Economics,Critical Theory,Structural Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Young_Lords/ogFtwwEACAAJ?hl=en
Urban Rebellion, Black History, Civil Rights, Working Class
Fernández, Johanna. The Young Lords: A Radical History. United States, University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Intermediate
Extractivisms: Politics, Economy and Ecology
Eduardo Gudynas
Decolonizing Economics,Ecological Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Extractivisms/_KQrzgEACAAJ?hl=en
Extraction, Ecological and Health Degradation, Monocultures
Gudynas, Eduardo. Extractivisms: Politics, Economy and Ecology. United Kingdom, Practical Action Publishing, 2021.
Advanced,Research oriented
Casino Capitalism, Society and Politics in China’s Macau
Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
Marxian Economics,Institutional Economics,Economics and Law
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Casino_Capitalism_Society_and_Politics_i/9dryDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Internationalization, Casino Industry, Social Welfarism, Inequality
Casino Capitalism, Society and Politics in China’s Macau. United Kingdom, Cambridge Scholars Publshing, 2020.
Intermediate,Research oriented
The Brass Notebook: A Memoir
Devaki Jain
Feminist Economics,Indian Economic History
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Brass_Notebook/YdA7zgEACAAJ?hl=en
Personal Memoir, Women and Development Economics
Jain, Devaki. The Brass Notebook: A Memoir. India, Speaking Tiger Books, 2020.
Beginner
Naoroji : Pioneer of Indian Nationalism
Dinyar Patel
Indian Economic History
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238206
Biography, Indian History, Nationalism, Imperialism
Patel, Dinyar. Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism. N.p., Harvard University Press, 2020.
Beginner
Rethinking the Social Sciences with Sam Moyo
Praveen Jha, Paris Yeros, and Walter Chambati
Economic and Political Philosophy,History of Economic Thought
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/rethinking-the-social-sciences-with-sam-moyo/9788193926949
Theory of Social Sciences, Agrarian Studies, Land Rights
Jha, P., Yeros, P., & Chambati, W. (2020). Rethinking the social sciences with Sam Moyo (1st ed.). Tulika Books
Research oriented
Feminist International : How To Change Everything
Veronica Gago
Feminist Economics,Economic Sociology
https://www.versobooks.com/events/2145-feminist-international-how-to-change-everything
Feminist Mobilization, Latin America, Marxist Theory, Economic Rights, Collective Experience
Gago, Veronica. Feminist International: How to Change Everything. United Kingdom, Verso Books, 2020.
Intermediate,Research oriented
Trade Agreements and Public Health - A Primer for Health Policy Makers, Researchers and Advocates
Deborah Gleeson, Ronald Labonté
Development Economics,Economics and Law
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Trade_Agreements_and_Public_Health/GNLHDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
International Trade, IPR, Tariffs, WHO, Public Health
Gleeson, Deborah, and Labonté, Ronald. Trade Agreements and Public Health: A Primer for Health Policy Makers, Researchers and Advocates. Germany, Springer Singapore, 2019.
Intermediate
Everybody Loves a Good Drought
P. Sainath
Development Economics,Structural Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Everybody_loves_a_good_drought/EiA-ae5zoBoC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Agrarian Distress, Agrarian Relations, Poverty, Farmer's Suicide
Sainath, P. Everybody Loves a Good Drought. India, Penguin Books Limited, 2000.
Beginner
Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present
Frank M. Snowden
Others,Development Economics
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Epidemics_and_Society/kBazDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Epidemics, History of Pandemics, Public Health, Development
Snowden, Frank M.. Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present. United Kingdom, Yale University Press, 2019.
Beginner
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