European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised …. India -- 7. Islamic statecraft and the Middle East's delayed modernization …

informality in India. It examines the key factors that have expedited labour informality- contractualisation - in the … industries and states. Further, the book discusses the dynamics of the labour market reforms in India, given that there is a … higher incidence of labour informality in India. It also highlights how the policy quest for inclusive growth has remained …