Crouching dragon, hidden tiger : can China and India dominate the West? /
Prem Shankar Jha.
- New York : Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
- x, 405 p.; ill., 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-405).
A study in contrasts -- 1. Hegemony in decline -- 2. David and Goliath -- 3. On parallel tracks -- 4. Explaining China's and India's rise -- China -- 5. China: the management of disorder -- 6. Enigmas explained -- 7. A predatory state -- 8. How recession has sharpened conflict -- India -- 9. Why was India's growth so slow? -- 10. Reforms and the demise of the intermediate regime -- China -- 11. The innate conservatism of China's reforms -- 12. Democratization with Chinese characteristics--the bridge China must cross -- India -- 13. India: the challenge of the future -- 14. Fading vision of equity -- Conclusion -- 15. Running out of time.