Politics of Welfare
Comparisons Across Indian States
Published on 22. October 2015
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-19-946012-0 (ISBN)
Description
Indian states are the main arenas in which popular expectations around healthcare, education, and social security intersect with electoral politics. Yet the ways in which state politics shape Indias social welfare policies are inadequately understood.
After a decade of experimentation with new rights-based approaches to social policy at the national level, there is a pressing need to understand how regional political environments influence the ways in which policies are initiated and enacted on the ground.
Written by political scientists and a sociologist with expertise across Indias regions, this volume presents comparative analyses of the emergent politics of welfare across Indian states. Bringing together ground-level empirical data and innovative perspectives, it investigates the ways in which state-level political dynamics shape policies in the fields of education, health insurance, social security, employment, and food subsidies. In-depth and timely, the book allows for a deeper understanding of the diversity of welfare scenarios in contemporary India.
After a decade of experimentation with new rights-based approaches to social policy at the national level, there is a pressing need to understand how regional political environments influence the ways in which policies are initiated and enacted on the ground.
Written by political scientists and a sociologist with expertise across Indias regions, this volume presents comparative analyses of the emergent politics of welfare across Indian states. Bringing together ground-level empirical data and innovative perspectives, it investigates the ways in which state-level political dynamics shape policies in the fields of education, health insurance, social security, employment, and food subsidies. In-depth and timely, the book allows for a deeper understanding of the diversity of welfare scenarios in contemporary India.
Reviews / Votes
Politics of Welfare, edited by Louise Tillin, Rajeshwari Deshpande, and K.K. Kailash, constitutes an interesting foray into the understanding of emerging welfare state politics comparing Indian states...scholars and practitioners in the areas of federal governance and public policy will find it timely and useful. * Tanvir Aeijaz, Publius: The Journal of Federalism *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
5 figures
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-946012-0 (9780199460120)
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Persons
Louise Tillin is with King's India Institute, King's College London, UK.
Rajeshwari Deshpande is with the Department of Politics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, India.
K. K. Kailash is with the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Rajeshwari Deshpande is with the Department of Politics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, India.
K. K. Kailash is with the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Content
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; 1. Chapter 1: Introduction: Comparing the Politics of Welfare across Indian States Louise Tillin, Rajeshwari Deshpande, and K. K. Kailash ; 2. Chapter 2: The Policy-shaping Capacity of States: Publicly Funded Health Insurance in Tamil Nadu and Kerala K. K. Kailash and Madurika Rasaratnam ; 3. Chapter 3: The Woman Constituency: Domestic Workers, Social Security, and Gender Politics in Maharashtra and West Bengal Rajeshwari Deshpande ; 4. Chapter 4: Comparing the Politics of Food Subsidies in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Louise Tillin, Anupama Saxena, and Yatindra Singh Sisodia ; 5. Chapter 5: Institutionalizing Social Policies in the Margins: A Comparative Study of NAREGA in Meghalaya and Jharkhand Rajesh Dev ; 6. Chapter 6: Politics of Social Protection: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Rob Jenkins and James Manor ; 7. Chapter 7: Monitoring Educational Policy in India: A Comparative Study of Chandigarh and Delhi Divya Vaid ; Index ; About the Editors and Contributors