Politics of Welfare: Comparisons Across Indian States - Hardcover

Deshpande, Rajeshwari; Kailash, K. K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199460124 ISBN 13: 9780199460120

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

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 Indiaâs 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 Indiaâs 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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

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 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0199460124
• ISBN 13: 9780199460120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Tillin Louise