TY - GEN AU - Gupta, Sejuti Das TI - Class, politics and agrarian policies in post-liberalisation India SN - 9781108416283 U1 - 320.954 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Social classes KW - Politics and government KW - Agriculture and state KW - India N1 - Includes Bibliography and Index N2 - The 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 ER -