Louise Tillin

Making India Work

The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

Welfare politics take centre stage in India's electoral landscape today, yet their development have not been thoroughly examined. Louise Tillin traces the origins and evolution of India's welfare regime, tracing continuity and change across a century of nation-building, economic change, and democratisation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009464390
• ISBN-10: 1009464396
• Artikelnr.: 71808288

Autorenporträt

Louise Tillin is Professor of Politics at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the shaping of a welfare regime; 2. Origins, expansion and
reform: India's welfare regime in historical perspective; Part I. Building
a National Economy: Regulating Internal Competition: 3. In the shadow of
sickness: Bombay and the origins of social insurance; 4. World war two,
Tripartism and a National welfare State for industrial workers; Part II.
Putting India to Work: 5. A girding of loins: planning and the duty to work
in the postcolonial State; 6. Electoral competition and the expansion of
social policy to rural areas: rural employment guarantee as social
security; Part III. Liberalisation and Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy:
7. Liberalisation and the 'social safety net'; 8. Welfare, rights and the
market in the post-congress polity, 1998-2014; 9. Conclusion: the past and
future of the welfare State in India; Bibliography; Index.