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English Language in India: A Dichotomy between Economic Growth and Inclusive Growth

by Jaskiran Bedi
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780367655037
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge Chapman & Hall
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 160
  • Original Price: GBP 49.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 272 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Development / Economic Development, and Linguistics / Sociolinguistics

This book examines the relationship between the English language and growth - economic and inclusive - in India. It explores why English continues to be the language of aspiration long after Independence. With the second largest English-speaking population in the world today, India is testimonial to how a linguistic legacy continues to cast a long shadow on its contemporary discourse in the economic arena.

The volume:

  • Explores how English language proficiency constitutes as human capital.
  • Draws in the latest India Human Development Survey data.
  • Investigates the relationship between the language and economic indicators such as wages, household income and state growth.
  • Purther investigates the role of English language in the inclusivity of growth.
  • Provides a snapshot of the pedagogy of English in the Indian education system.

First of its kind in scope, this volume will be of great interest to scholars of economics, education, sociolinguistics, development studies, politics and sociology. It will also be of great interest to the general reader.

Jaskiran Bedi has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK. She is currently working as a Fellow under the Chief Minister's Urban Leaders Fellowship, New Delhi, India. Prior to this, she pursued an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge and a BSc (Hons) degree in Philosophy, Politics, Economics (PPE) from the University of Warwick. Her area of academic research within the development domain concentrates on Labour and Education Economics - particularly, the role of Language as Human Capital and its subsequent impact. She has also worked with several public and private sector agencies, including Ernst & Young, the Department for International Development, Oxfam and the International Labour Organization.

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