A. D’Costa 
The Long March to Capitalism 
Embourgeoisment, Internationalization and Industrial Transformation in India

The author captures the evolution of Indian industrial capitalism by extending the ‘models of capitalism’ and ‘regulation framework’. Using principally the auto industry and anchoring the analysis to the expansion of markets, he demonstrates that the Indian state and businesses have been important institutions for creating markets. He acknowledges significant market growth, but also underscores several contradictions arising from such capitalist development. There is a wealth of data, which scholars, policymakers, and businesses will find very useful.

Table of Content

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Companies Cited Acronyms Map of India Introduction: Capitalism, Markets, and Industrial Change One Capitalism or Many? Interpreting Indian Industrial Development State, Embourgeoisment, and Market Development in India Embourgeoisment, Internationalization, and Auto Market Evolution Capitalist Regulation, Flexible Production, and Auto Market Evolution Uneven Development and the Changing Regime of Accumulation in West Bengal Capitalist Competition, Consumption, and Contradictions of Industrial Transformation Concluding Remarks on Capitalism, Markets and Development References

About the author

ANTHONY P. D’COSTA is Professor of Comparative International Development, University of Washington, USA. He has authored
The Global Restructuring of the Steel Industry and co-edited
India in the Global Software Industry. He has been a fellow of the World Institute of Development Economics Research and an Abe Fellow of SSRC/Japan Foundation. He is on the editorial board of
Asian Business and Management and edits Palgrave’s
Technology, Globalization and Development series.