01016    a2200133   4500020001800000082001900018100002300037245007100060260004800131300001400179504003600193520057900229650007400808  a9781108416283  a320.954bGUP-C  aGupta, Sejuti Das   aClass, politics and agrarian policies in post-liberalisation India  bCambridge University Pressc2019aCambridge  axv, 303p.  aIncludes Bibliography and Index  aThe book visits the idea of New India, studying how the political economy of India has changed significantly in post-liberalisation India. The book challenges the notion that all farmers in India are in agrarian distress, showing that some classes of farmers have gained under policies; it helps understand why farmer movement has weakened and control of industrial capitalist class has been bolstered. The book discusses the growing presence of petty bourgeoisie with both old and new fractions thriving. Gujarat and Karnataka are instances of these two kinds of fractions.  aSocial classesvPolitics and governmentvAgriculture and statezIndia