Overview
- Highlights how Joan Robinson’s early work influenced her defining contributions to economics
- Explores the transition of colonial countries to the world economy
- Presents some otherwise inaccessible contributions of Joan Robinson
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought (PHET)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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In the Land of Princes
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Thinking Development: Then and Later
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Transfer of Resources from Princely India to British India
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The Drain, Backwardness and the State
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About this book
This book explores the early work and activities of Joan Robinson that focused on economic development within underdeveloped countries, in particular India before independence. By analysing the style of Robinson’s thinking and economic analysis, and based on the works of Indian contemporaries, parts of The British Crown and the Indian States previously unattributed to her are seen to exhibit her preoccupation with poverty, backwardness, unemployment, the population problem, international trade, and the role of the state. Through keeping in mind Robinson’s later work, the development of her ideas can be reflected upon, alongside critical perspectives. It also reveals the beginnings of her role as a public intellectual.
This book aims to shed new light on Joan Robinson’s work on development and to provide insight to an overlooked part of her research. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, development economics and economic history.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Pervez Tahir is President of the Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan. A PhD in Economics from Cambridge, he held the Joan Robinson Memorial Lectureship there in 1990 and Mahbub ulHaq Chair at GCU, Lahore. He served as Chief Economist of Planning Commission of Pakistan and Chairman, Bank of Punjab.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Joan Robinson in Princely India
Authors: Pervez Tahir
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10905-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10904-1Published: 06 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10907-2Published: 07 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10905-8Published: 05 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-6578
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6586
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 273
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Development Economics, Political Economy/Economic Systems