2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Economic Growth and Changes in Consumption Patterns in India: With Special Reference to Lower and Lower-Middle Classes
| Project/Area Number |
19330074
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic history
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| Research Institution | Chiba University |
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Principal Investigator |
YANAGISAWA Haruka Chiba University, 法経学部, 教授 (20046121)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
INOUE Takako 大東文化大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (10307142)
SUGIMOTO Yoshio 千葉大学, 国立民族学博物館, 教授 (60148294)
SUGIMOTO Seiko 京都文教大学, 人間学部, 教授 (70298743)
AWAYA Toshie 東京外国語大学, 総合国際学研究院, 教授 (00201905)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 経済史 / インド / 消費 / 経済成長 / 生活スタイル / 教育 / 非農業雇用 / 都市化 |
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| Research Abstract |
Main findings are: (1) The last decades witnessed remarkable changes in consumption behaviors even of lower strata of the rural population as shown by the penetration of consumer durables among them. (2) These people have started not only buying and using these goods but also expanding their educational, religious and other activities. (3) The changes have been stimulated by a transformation in the village social structure, especially by the empowerment of the subaltern groups among the villagers. (4) People are likely to have started using new commodities as early as in the 1950s and 1960s. (5) The changes in consumption patterns have stimulated the growth of some industries.
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