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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808986603321

Autore

Antholis William

Titolo

Inside out, India and China : local politics go global / / William Antholis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8157-2646-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Brookings FOCUS Book

Disciplina

320.80951

Soggetti

Regionalism - Political aspects - India

Local government - India

Free enterprise - India

Regionalism - Political aspects - China

Local government - China

Free enterprise - China

India Economic conditions Regional disparities

China Economic conditions Regional disparities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Power Paradox: Seizing Control to Give It Away; Jigsaw: Counting to 1.3 Billion; Less Than Perfect Unions; China: Promised Lands, Heartlands, and Badlands; India: Forward States, Backward States, and Swing States; Power Politics: Inside Out; Differently the Same: Inside Out Diplomacy; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

One third of humanity is governed by two capitals, New Delhi and Beijing. Increasingly, these two countries are being led not from the top down, but rather from the Inside Out. In 2014, India overwhelmingly elected Narendra Modi minister, a man who rose to national prominence as chief minister of Gujarat, India's fastest growing state. Likewise, in 2013, Xi Jinping took over as president of China, having served as top official in Zhejiang and Shanghai, two of China's most prosperous provinces. Anticipating these trends and leadership transitions, William Antholis spent five months in 2012 trav