Bear, Laura.

Navigating Austerity : Currents of Debt along a South Asian River. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - Anthropology of Policy Series . - Anthropology of Policy Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Navigating Austerity -- Section I: The Circuit of State Debt -- 1. Unpredictable Circulations -- Section II: The New Public Good -- 2. Nationalist Melancholia and the Limits of Austerity Public-sector Unionism -- 3. Family Capital, State Pedigree and the Limits of Austerity Public Goods -- Section III: Governing Speculation -- 4. Making a River of Gold: Speculation, Friendship and Entrepreneurial Society -- Section IV: Contradictions in Time -- 5. Ajeet's Accident: Timespaces of Global Trade and Ethical Fixes in Circulation -- 6. Uncertain Futures and Eternal Returns: Timespaces of Production in an Informalized Shipyard -- Section V: Beyond Austerity -- Conclusion 1: Toward a New Social Calculus -- Conclusion 2: Sovereign Debt, Equality and Redistribution -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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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-.


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