Through the entry point of new opportunities available to children in India and old challenges still faced by them, the book raises several key questions that are central to policy debates in India: what does poverty mean when viewed from the perspective of access to basic services for children and realization of children's basic capabilities? How should it be measured? How do we address the challenges of investment in public service expansion and delivery required to ensure equitable outcomes for children irrespective of their economic means, social group, or geographical location?…mehr
Through the entry point of new opportunities available to children in India and old challenges still faced by them, the book raises several key questions that are central to policy debates in India: what does poverty mean when viewed from the perspective of access to basic services for children and realization of children's basic capabilities? How should it be measured? How do we address the challenges of investment in public service expansion and delivery required to ensure equitable outcomes for children irrespective of their economic means, social group, or geographical location? Underpinning this collection of essays is the centrality and importance of designing social policies with regard to children's rights.
K. Shiva Kumar is Advisor, UNICEF, India Preet Rustagi is Joint Director, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi Ramya Subrahmanian is Senior Policy Specialist, UNICEF, India
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* List of Tables and Figures * Foreword * Acknowledgements * List of Abbreviations * Child Rights, Equity, and Social Policy: An Introduction Ramya Subrahmanian, A.K. Shiva Kumar, and Preet Rustagi * Part I: Measuring Poverty and Deprivations from Children's Perspective * 1: Recognizing Child Well-Being: The Need for a Double Paradigm Shift Ashwani Saith and Rekha Wazir * 2: Child Well-Being and Deprivations in India Preet Rustagi, Sunil Kumar Mishra, and Balwant Singh Mehta * 3: Economic Status and Child Deprivation: Findings from Village Surveys Madhura Swaminathan and Venkatesh Athreya * 4: Demographic Transition, School Attendance, and Changing Activity Structure in Urban India Amitabh Kundu and P.C. Mohanan * Part II: Macro Context and Policy Spaces * 5: Achievements and Challenges in Legal Protection for Child Rights * Asha Bajpai * 6: Rising Food Prices and the Global Financial Crisis: Tracking Impacts on Women and Children S. Mahendra Dev * 7: The Tryst Compromised: India's Fiscal Policy and Its Impact on Children * Praveen Jha and Subrat Das * Part III: Gender, Family, and Marriage * 8: Adverse Child Sex Ratios and Gender Discrimination: Challenges for Law and Policy Mary E. John * 9: Delaying Age of Marriage: Social Norms and Policies Priya Nanda and Sonvi Kapoor * 10: Parent-Child Communication and Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and K.G. Santhya * 11: Universal Daycare Services: Meeting the Intersecting Needs and Rights of Women and Children Neeta Misra and Ramya Subrahmanian * 12: Conditional Cash Transfers for the Welfare of the Girl Child: The Indian Experience T.V. Sekher * Part IV: Social Exclusion and Human Development * 13: Engaging with Caste: Academic Discourses, Identity Politics, and State Policy Surinder S. Jodhka * 14: Assessing the Inclusiveness of Government Flagship Programmes: The Case of NRHM * Kaveri Gill * 15: Caste and Social Exclusion: Concept, Indicators, and Measurement Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal * 16: The Political Economy of Development and Adivasi Children and Society Virginius Xaxa * 17: Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education Shivali Tukdeo * 18: Addressing Deprivations of Scheduled Tribe Children: A Perspective from Odisha Soumya Kapoor Mehta * Bibliography * Index * About the Editors and Contributors
* List of Tables and Figures * Foreword * Acknowledgements * List of Abbreviations * Child Rights, Equity, and Social Policy: An Introduction Ramya Subrahmanian, A.K. Shiva Kumar, and Preet Rustagi * Part I: Measuring Poverty and Deprivations from Children's Perspective * 1: Recognizing Child Well-Being: The Need for a Double Paradigm Shift Ashwani Saith and Rekha Wazir * 2: Child Well-Being and Deprivations in India Preet Rustagi, Sunil Kumar Mishra, and Balwant Singh Mehta * 3: Economic Status and Child Deprivation: Findings from Village Surveys Madhura Swaminathan and Venkatesh Athreya * 4: Demographic Transition, School Attendance, and Changing Activity Structure in Urban India Amitabh Kundu and P.C. Mohanan * Part II: Macro Context and Policy Spaces * 5: Achievements and Challenges in Legal Protection for Child Rights * Asha Bajpai * 6: Rising Food Prices and the Global Financial Crisis: Tracking Impacts on Women and Children S. Mahendra Dev * 7: The Tryst Compromised: India's Fiscal Policy and Its Impact on Children * Praveen Jha and Subrat Das * Part III: Gender, Family, and Marriage * 8: Adverse Child Sex Ratios and Gender Discrimination: Challenges for Law and Policy Mary E. John * 9: Delaying Age of Marriage: Social Norms and Policies Priya Nanda and Sonvi Kapoor * 10: Parent-Child Communication and Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and K.G. Santhya * 11: Universal Daycare Services: Meeting the Intersecting Needs and Rights of Women and Children Neeta Misra and Ramya Subrahmanian * 12: Conditional Cash Transfers for the Welfare of the Girl Child: The Indian Experience T.V. Sekher * Part IV: Social Exclusion and Human Development * 13: Engaging with Caste: Academic Discourses, Identity Politics, and State Policy Surinder S. Jodhka * 14: Assessing the Inclusiveness of Government Flagship Programmes: The Case of NRHM * Kaveri Gill * 15: Caste and Social Exclusion: Concept, Indicators, and Measurement Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal * 16: The Political Economy of Development and Adivasi Children and Society Virginius Xaxa * 17: Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education Shivali Tukdeo * 18: Addressing Deprivations of Scheduled Tribe Children: A Perspective from Odisha Soumya Kapoor Mehta * Bibliography * Index * About the Editors and Contributors
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