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.
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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-