India : development and participation /

This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drèze, Jean
Other Authors: Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and approach
  • Economic development and social opportunity
  • India in comparative perspective
  • India and China
  • Basic education as a political issue
  • Population, health and the environment
  • Gender inequality and womens agency
  • Security and democracy in a nuclear India
  • Well beyond liberalization
  • The practice of democracy.