ABSTRACT Taken together, these essays are an eye-opener for those who still see India as a homeostatic society, trapped into caste and custom. The articles on transparency in public transactions, financial credit market reform, effect of the new, reformed economy on the leaders of business and industry and the general framework for understanding India’s “reform consolidation,” present different facets of a society on the move. They showcase how endogenous transformation interlocks with external stimuli and opportunities. This introduction is a succinct analysis of the course of India’s development in specific arenas, contradictions, and resilience of the general process of which they are a part, and, most important of all, the convergence of endogenous developments and exogenous conditions that have emerged as critical determinants of the durability of India’s globalization. However, thanks to India’s noisy but resilient democracy, the direction and pace of India’s globalization, locked into the clash of two paradigms, one drawing its legitimacy from the rhetoric of secularism and social justice and, the other, leveraging on muscular nationalism, deep cultural roots, and rapid corporate-led growth, remains uncertain.

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不确定的印度？深化全球化、意外后果和可持续性挑战

摘要 总而言之，这些文章让那些仍然将印度视为一个自我平衡的社会，受困于种姓和习俗的人大开眼界。关于公共交易透明度、金融信贷市场改革、改革后的新经济对工商业领袖的影响以及理解印度“改革巩固”的总体框架的文章，展示了一个不断变化的社会的不同方面。它们展示了内源性转变如何与外部刺激和机会相互关联。本介绍简要分析了印度在特定领域的发展过程、矛盾以及它们所参与的一般过程的恢复力，最重要的是，内生发展和外生条件的融合已成为印度全球化持久性的关键决定因素。然而，由于印度嘈杂但有弹性的民主，印度全球化的方向和步伐陷入了两种范式的冲突，一种从世俗主义和社会正义的言辞中汲取其合法性，另一种利用强大的民族主义、深厚的文化根和企业主导的快速增长仍然不确定。