Das

India's Rights Revolution

Has It Worked for the Poor?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights-the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives have really benefitted the poor. Pointing out that these have not really worked for them, the book suggests a rights-based framework with proper laws, adequate resources, and institutional infrastructure to bridge the gap between the rights and their rightful beneficiaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780198081661
• ISBN-10: 0198081669
• Artikelnr.: 36597650

Autorenporträt

S.K. Das is Honorary Advisor, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: An Approach to Rights
1: The Rights Discourse
2: Right to Information Act, 2005
3: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
4: Forest Rights Act, 2006
5: Right to Education Act, 2009
Conclusion: What Needs to Be Done?
Bibliography
Index