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  • Negotiating Terrain in Local Governance

    Freedom, Functioning and Barriers of Women Councillors in India

    by Riya Banerjee, Gopa Samanta ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book explores and analyses women’s participation in local urban governance in West Bengal, India. It is developed from empirical research with in-depth understanding of ground situations of freedom, functioning and obstacles of women councilors in India. The central idea of this book revolves around two central research questions: 1. How are women’s positions and spaces changing due to their ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

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  • India Today

    Economy, Politics and Society

    by Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey ...
    Series series Politics Today
    Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Now India is being feted as an economic power-house which might well become the second largest economy in the world before the middle of this century. ... Read more

    $33.00 USD

  • Employment, Poverty and Rights in India

    by Dayabati Roy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
    In comparison to other social groups, India’s rural poor – and particularly Adivasis and Dalits - have seen little benefit from the country’s economic growth over the last three decades. Though economists and statisticians are able to model the form and extent of this inequality, their work is rarely concerned with identifying possible causes.Employment, Poverty and Rights in India analyses ... Read more

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  • Understanding India's New Political Economy

    A Great Transformation?

    Edited by Sanjay Ruparelia, Sanjay Reddy, John Harriss, Stuart Corbridge ...
    A number of large-scale transformations have shaped the economy, polity and society of India over the past quarter century. This book provides a detailed account of three that are of particular importance: the advent of liberal economic reform, the ascendance of Hindu cultural nationalism, and the empowerment of historically subordinate classes through popular democratic mobilizations.Filling a ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • India

    Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century

    by John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey, Trent Brown ...
    India has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century.In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Governing India's Metropolises

    Case Studies of Four Cities

    Edited by Joël Ruet, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal ...
    Series series Cities and the Urban Imperative
    This book is a comparative, sector-based study of the changing character of governance in Indian metropolises in the 2000s. Highlighting the horizontal and vertical ties of the participatory groups, both state and non-state, it looks at key civic issues. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Dōwa Policy and Japanese Politics

    by Ian Neary ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    This book locates the development of Dōwa policy projects within their historical and political context, offering examples of human rights protection in a non-Western society.Charting Dōwa policy from its origins in the pre-war period to its revival after 1945 up to the turn of the 21st century, chapters in this study provide a social and historical review supplemented by detailed analyses of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Persistence of Poverty in India

    Edited by Nandini Gooptu, Jonathan Parry ...
    What distinguishes Persistence of Poverty from most other poverty studies is the way in which it conceptualises the problem. This volume offers a variety of alternative analytical perspectives and fresh insights into poverty that are key to addressing the problem. In looking at the day to day lived realities of the poor the volume points out that in order to understand poverty one must take into ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Sustainable Development Goals and Migration

    Edited by P. Sivakumar, S. Irudaya Rajan ...
    Series series Towards Sustainable Futures
    This book looks at migration in contemporary society and its interrelations with development. It presents the complexities and dilemmas associated with migration, the changes in theoretical and historical perspectives on migration and development, and the role of policies and the sustainable development goals in this context.The volume views migration as a phenomenon for advancing human ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Handbook of Decentralised Governance and Development in India

    Edited by D. Rajasekhar ...
    This handbook examines 25 years of decentralised governance and development in India. It provides a historical overview of developments since the introduction of decentralisation reforms (73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts) and critically assesses the measures initiated to strengthen decentralised institutions and deepen grassroots democracy. It also discusses the status of service ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Enhancing Capabilities through Labour Law

    Informal Workers in India

    by Supriya Routh ...
    In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled ‘Decent work and the informal economy’ in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Ethics for Governance

    Reinventing Public Services

    by B. P. Mathur ...
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of India’s public services and bureaucratic systems, and explores why widespread corruption and inefficient delivery have slowed development. It:discusses the underlying reasons for the prevailing inefficiency in public servicesexamines the complex linkages between ethics-based public service, India’s cultural and spiritual heritage, and its current ... Read more

    $59.99 USD