Main description:
Focusing on Tamil Nadu, this book examines various aspects of the failure of welfare policies in India since Independence. Themes covered include: demography; employment; disability; health; food and nutrition; caste discrimination; poverty; literacy; education; social security; rural development governance and law.
Table of contents:
Introduction - S Subramanian and Barbara Harriss-White
PART ONE: POPULATION AND WORKFORCE
Population and Development Revisited - Robert Cassen
Labour Market Characteristics and Employment Generation Programmes in India - K Nagaraj
PART TWO: HEALTH AND DISABILITY
Technology and Costs of Medical Care - V R Muraleedharan
Some Emerging Issues and Policy Imperatives
On to a Loser - Barbara Harriss-White
Disability in India
PART THREE: DISCRIMINATION AND ITS REDRESSAL
Caste, Politics and the Reservation Issue - P Radhakrishnan
Poverty and Discrimination - D Jayaraj and S Subramanian
Measurement, and Evidence from Rural India
PART FOUR: LITERACY AND EDUCATION
Adult Literacy in India Since Independence - Venkatesh Athreya
Policy and Practice
Exclusion in Education - Manabi Majumdar
Indian States in Comparative Perspective
PART FIVE: WELFARE, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
State, Market, Collective and Household Action in India's Social Sector - Barbara Harriss-White
Subjective and Objective Indicators of Welfare Change over Time - S Janakarajan and Paul Seabright
Evidence from a Resurvey
Legal Institutions for Development - Sriram Panchu
Some Aspects of Welfare, Governance and the Law in India
Public Action and Social Inequality - Jean Dr[gr]eze and Amartya Sen
Focusing on Tamil Nadu, this book examines various aspects of the failure of welfare policies in India since Independence. Themes covered include: demography; employment; disability; health; food and nutrition; caste discrimination; poverty; literacy; education; social security; rural development governance and law.
Table of contents:
Introduction - S Subramanian and Barbara Harriss-White
PART ONE: POPULATION AND WORKFORCE
Population and Development Revisited - Robert Cassen
Labour Market Characteristics and Employment Generation Programmes in India - K Nagaraj
PART TWO: HEALTH AND DISABILITY
Technology and Costs of Medical Care - V R Muraleedharan
Some Emerging Issues and Policy Imperatives
On to a Loser - Barbara Harriss-White
Disability in India
PART THREE: DISCRIMINATION AND ITS REDRESSAL
Caste, Politics and the Reservation Issue - P Radhakrishnan
Poverty and Discrimination - D Jayaraj and S Subramanian
Measurement, and Evidence from Rural India
PART FOUR: LITERACY AND EDUCATION
Adult Literacy in India Since Independence - Venkatesh Athreya
Policy and Practice
Exclusion in Education - Manabi Majumdar
Indian States in Comparative Perspective
PART FIVE: WELFARE, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
State, Market, Collective and Household Action in India's Social Sector - Barbara Harriss-White
Subjective and Objective Indicators of Welfare Change over Time - S Janakarajan and Paul Seabright
Evidence from a Resurvey
Legal Institutions for Development - Sriram Panchu
Some Aspects of Welfare, Governance and the Law in India
Public Action and Social Inequality - Jean Dr[gr]eze and Amartya Sen