India's rights revolution : has it worked for the poor? /
In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights: the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives hav...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights: the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives have really benefitted the poor. Pointing out that these have not really worked for them, the book suggests a rights-based framework with proper laws, adequate resources, and institutional infrastructure to bridge the gap between the rights and their rightful beneficiaries. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199082421 9780199082421 |