Kerala, 1956 to the present: India's miracle state
Roy, Tirthankar
Kerala, 1956 to the present: India's miracle state - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024 -
'Kerala is different, but not in the way we think.' Economic change in this southern state has fascinated economists. Most studies focused on the state's unusual human development, asked how a poor and economically stagnant state could achieve high levels of education and healthcare and pointed to politics and government policy to answer the question. Little of that scholarship took history seriously. History, this book says, shows that the foundations of human development were laid before the formation of the state and were owed to many factors besides politics. The striking thing about the state is its unusual income growth, which has been faster than most states since the 1990s. The question the authors ask is, 'How could an income-poor state break out of stagnation so dramatically?' The answers consider past globalisation, labour mobility, a legacy of welfare spending, and the positive ways these features interacted since India's economic reforms.
https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/history/economic-history/kerala-1956-present-indias-miracle-state?format=HB&isbn=9781009521635
9781009521659
History of Kerala
Kerala (India) – Economic conditions – 1956-
Kerala (India) – Politics and government – 1956-
Social welfare – India – Kerala
954.83 / R6K3
Kerala, 1956 to the present: India's miracle state - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024 -
'Kerala is different, but not in the way we think.' Economic change in this southern state has fascinated economists. Most studies focused on the state's unusual human development, asked how a poor and economically stagnant state could achieve high levels of education and healthcare and pointed to politics and government policy to answer the question. Little of that scholarship took history seriously. History, this book says, shows that the foundations of human development were laid before the formation of the state and were owed to many factors besides politics. The striking thing about the state is its unusual income growth, which has been faster than most states since the 1990s. The question the authors ask is, 'How could an income-poor state break out of stagnation so dramatically?' The answers consider past globalisation, labour mobility, a legacy of welfare spending, and the positive ways these features interacted since India's economic reforms.
https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/history/economic-history/kerala-1956-present-indias-miracle-state?format=HB&isbn=9781009521635
9781009521659
History of Kerala
Kerala (India) – Economic conditions – 1956-
Kerala (India) – Politics and government – 1956-
Social welfare – India – Kerala
954.83 / R6K3