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Unequal life chances: equity and the demographic transition in India

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sage Publications 2019 Los AngelesDescription: xxvii, 227 p.: ill. Includes bibliography and indexISBN:
  • 9789353288020
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.2350954 M2U6
Summary: India is passing through a phase where a major share of its population is in its prime and of working age. Many have spoken of the ‘dividend’ that we could reap from what is being called the ‘youth bulge’. With the gaping inequalities in our society, the youth in this country encounter gross disparities in their life chances and in their opportunities to realize their potential. In this volume, we have attempted to look closely at India’s demographic transition, specifically from the perspective of social and economic equity. Other than covering the important elements of the debate on India’s demographic transition, the book attempts to make a signal contribution in bringing together issues of social justice and economic inequality to bear on the most technocratic framing of the subject. Thus, it is an attempt to highlight that all decisions about economic ‘development’ or growth are politically infused and should be addressed as such. https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/unequal-life-chances/book272186
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Table of contents

Prologue: Surging Tides of Inequality
Chapter 1: The ‘Youthful Bulge’ and a Hope Squandered: Understanding India’s Demographic Transition
Chapter 2: Fettered by Birth, Battered by Life: The Politics of Demographic Transition in India
Chapter 3: Vicissitudes of Growth: The Precarity of India’s Labouring Lives
Chapter 4: Misplaced Priorities: Social Sector Expenditure in India—A Comparative Perspective
Chapter 5: Beyond the Neoliberal Smokescreen: Pathways for Equity and Growth
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

India is passing through a phase where a major share of its population is in its prime and of working age. Many have spoken of the ‘dividend’ that we could reap from what is being called the ‘youth bulge’. With the gaping inequalities in our society, the youth in this country encounter gross disparities in their life chances and in their opportunities to realize their potential. In this volume, we have attempted to look closely at India’s demographic transition, specifically from the perspective of social and economic equity.
Other than covering the important elements of the debate on India’s demographic transition, the book attempts to make a signal contribution in bringing together issues of social justice and economic inequality to bear on the most technocratic framing of the subject. Thus, it is an attempt to highlight that all decisions about economic ‘development’ or growth are politically infused and should be addressed as such.

https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/unequal-life-chances/book272186

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