Toward a Free Economy: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India
In: Histories of Economic Life Series v.44
Cover -- Contents -- Frequently Used Terms and Acronyms -- Notes on Names and Spellings -- Maps of India -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "You, Too Can Be an Economist" -- Part I. Situating Free Economy -- 1. Making a New India: Dreams, Accomplishments, Disappointments, circa 1940-70 -- 2. Indian Libertarians and the Birth of Free Economy -- Part II. People, Ideas, Practices -- 3. Conservative Opposition to the "Permit-and-License Raj" -- 4. Beyond Ghosts: Visions and Scales of Free Economies -- Part III. Party Politics -- 5. Communicating and Mobilizing: Free Economy as Opposition -- 6. Against the Tide: Swatantra in Office and Memory -- Appendix: Electoral Results -- Note on Sources -- Selected Bibliography and Abbreviations -- Index.