Paul-Jean CYTRU - The Role of the Economy in Social Change

Pouvoirs n°90 - L’Inde - septembre 1999 - p.139-149

The reduction of poverty in India requires a revival of the structural reforms implemented at the beginning of the decade but which have been blocked by social constraints over the last three years. However, the emergence of a middle class and a new perception of different ways of life by the largest numbers represent a challenge for social structures based mainly on resignation. This being the case, the passage from a logic of subordination of the economy to social constraints to a dynamic of growth leading to an acceleration of social transformation will depend on the acceptance, by the middle class, of the short term cost of structural reforms, and on the ability of the public authorities to harmonize the pace of reforms and that of social change. The current political instability may partly result from the difficulty to carry out this task. Résumé

Référence électonique : Paul-Jean CYTRU, "The Role of the Economy in Social Change", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°90, 1999, p.139-149. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-Role-of-the-Economy-in-Social.html