ThisbookprovidesacriticalperspectiveoncontemporarydebatesonindustrialisationinIndia.Itaimstostudytheprocessofindustrialisationataconceptuallevelandarticulateandcontesttheevolvingdebatesanddiscourses.InstitutingamarketledgrowthinIndiaendedinatrajectorythatdependsheavilyonprofitincomeledandcorporatedrivengrowth.However,theperformancesaswellasfaultlinesassessedintermsofindustrialgrowthareoftenrestrictedtoadiscourseonshiftingrelativeimportanceofagriculture,industryandservicesandarelargelypeggedonthestateversusprivatedebate.ItappearsthattheheterogeneousspaceofcriticalperspectivetendstounderminethemorefundamentalquestionsthatneedtoberaisedinrelationtothelargerperspectiveofcapitalistindustrialisationinIndia.ThisbookaddressesthesequestionsandprovidesinsightsintothecomplexitiesoftheprocessandgrowthofindustrialisationasithasplayedoutincontemporaryIndia.
