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

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.

1. Introduction 2. History of the English Language in India 3. English and Economic Growth 4. English and Inclusive Growth 5. The Indian Education System

This volume examines the relationship between the English language and economic growth in India. The volume will be of great interest to scholars of sociolinguistics, development studies, politics and sociology. It will also be of great interest to the interested general reader.

Jaskiran Bedi has a PhD in Devlã#