Bear, Laura,
Navigating austerity : currents of debt along a South Asian river / Laura Bear. - 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Anthropology of policy . - Anthropology of policy (Stanford, Calif.) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unpredictable circulations : the bureaucratic life of fiscal crisis -- Nationalist melancholia and the limits of austerity public sector unionism -- Family capital, state pedigree and the limits of austerity public goods -- Making a river of gold : speculation, friendship and entrepreneurial society -- Ajeet's accident : timespaces of global trade and ethical fixes in circulation -- Uncertain futures and eternal returns : timespaces of production in an informalised shipyard -- Conclusion 1 : towards a new social calculus -- Conclusion 2 : sovereign debt, equality and redistribution : a global social calculus.
9780804795548 (e-book)
Debts, Public--Moral and ethical aspects--India.
Fiscal policy--Moral and ethical aspects--India.
Hugli River (India)--Economic conditions.
India--Economic conditions--1991-
India--Economic policy--1991-
Electronic books.
HJ8782 / .B43 2015eb
336.3/40954
Navigating austerity : currents of debt along a South Asian river / Laura Bear. - 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Anthropology of policy . - Anthropology of policy (Stanford, Calif.) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unpredictable circulations : the bureaucratic life of fiscal crisis -- Nationalist melancholia and the limits of austerity public sector unionism -- Family capital, state pedigree and the limits of austerity public goods -- Making a river of gold : speculation, friendship and entrepreneurial society -- Ajeet's accident : timespaces of global trade and ethical fixes in circulation -- Uncertain futures and eternal returns : timespaces of production in an informalised shipyard -- Conclusion 1 : towards a new social calculus -- Conclusion 2 : sovereign debt, equality and redistribution : a global social calculus.
9780804795548 (e-book)
Debts, Public--Moral and ethical aspects--India.
Fiscal policy--Moral and ethical aspects--India.
Hugli River (India)--Economic conditions.
India--Economic conditions--1991-
India--Economic policy--1991-
Electronic books.
HJ8782 / .B43 2015eb
336.3/40954