| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
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India studies in business and economics |
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India studies in business and economics.
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| Contents |
Part I. Perspectives on human development. Is the notion of human development capitalocentric? -- Eleven theses on the humanization of development : 'praxis philosophy' in world of the third -- Measuring human development at sub-national level : methods and application -- Part II. Delivery of public services in India -- Deliver and destroy? Communities and access to public goods in India -- Delivery of safe drinking water in rural India : an appraisal of public water supply initiatives -- Part III. Education, health and social security for human development : envisaging the future in the post-COVID era -- The effect of employment guarantee scheme on school attendance in Rural India -- Health and well-being of the elderly people before and after COVID-19 outbreak : a survival challenge in West Bengal, India -- Experience of social security for unorganized workers in West Bengal -- Backward regions grant fund and its utilization : a case study in the District of Adilabad, erstwhile Andhra Pradesh -- Part IV. Gender and human development. Understanding the costs of violence against women and the need for contextualisation -- Women's labour force participation in India and continuing gender inequality : a reflection of 15 major states in India in the reform era -- Part V. Financing for human development. Backward region grant fund : is the allocation justified? -- Private provision of public goods through corporate social responsibility (CSR) in India |
| Summary |
This book presents a multidimensional perspective on the interlinkage between human development, community characteristics and public service delivery with special reference to India. The chapters in the book analyze the influence of public service delivery on human development from neo-classical as well as Marxian point of view. Thus, the expositions in the book provides a balanced mix of macro and micro approaches in the study of development. The analytical discussions are supplemented by case studies and empirical estimates so as to demonstrate the applicability of the theory and the theoretical discourse about human development, community network and the success and failures of critical public services in the Indian context. The methodology followed in the chapters involves critical survey of existing literature, case studies, field survey and use of econometric techniques as well as statistical tools of index construction. While contributors are primarily scholars from neo-classical economics discipline, some are intellectuals from the field of political economy and development studies. Given the wide array of development perspectives, this book is of interest not only to students and researcher of development economics, social science and management, but also a valuable reading for development practitioners and policy makers, who would be interested in understanding how community and public institutions interact to determine access to health, education and social security services that shapes the wellbeing of disadvantaged populations. The lessons and implications are extremely pertinent to other emerging economies, in particular those in South Asia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Community development -- India
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Public administration -- India
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Community development
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Public administration
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dasgupta, Byasdeb, editor.
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Sarkhel, Prasenjit, editor.
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Ghosh, Archita, editor.
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Ghosh, Bishakha, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789811695797 |
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9811695792 |
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