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Title | Author(s) | Approach/Perspective | Weblink | Keywords | Citation | Difficulty Level | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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