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Politics of welfare: comparisons across Indian states

Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford University Press 2015 New DelhiDescription: xiii, 237 pISBN:
  • 9780199460120
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.954 P6
Summary: Written by political scientists and a sociologist with expertise across India's regions, this volume presents comparative analyses of the emergent politics of welfare across Indian states. Bringing together ground-level empirical data and innovative perspectives, it investigates the ways in which state-level political dynamics shape policies in the fields of education, health insurance, social security, employment, and food subsidies. In-depth and timely, the book allows for a deeper understanding of the diversity of welfare scenarios in contemporary India. (http://www.oup.co.in/product/academic-general/politics/regional-government-policies/495/politics-welfare-comparisons-across-indian-states/9780199460120)
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Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Comparing the Politics of Welfare across Indian States
Chapter 2: The Policy-shaping Capacity of States: Publicly Funded Health Insurance in Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Chapter 3: The Woman Constituency: Domestic Workers, Social Security, and Gender Politics in Maharashtra and West Bengal
Chapter 4: Comparing the Politics of Food Subsidies in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
Chapter 5: Institutionalizing Social Policies in the Margins: A Comparative Study of 'NAREGA' in Meghalaya and Jharkhand
Rajesh Dev
Chapter 6: Politics of Social Protection: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
Chapter 7: Monitoring Educational Policy in India: A Comparative Study of Chandigarh and Delhi

Written by political scientists and a sociologist with expertise across India's regions, this volume presents comparative analyses of the emergent politics of welfare across Indian states. Bringing together ground-level empirical data and innovative perspectives, it investigates the ways in which state-level political dynamics shape policies in the fields of education, health insurance, social security, employment, and food subsidies. In-depth and timely, the book allows for a deeper understanding of the diversity of welfare scenarios in contemporary India.

(http://www.oup.co.in/product/academic-general/politics/regional-government-policies/495/politics-welfare-comparisons-across-indian-states/9780199460120)

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