Welfare programs in India / guest editor, Dr Anjula Gurtoo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gurtoo, Anjula, editor.

Series:

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 34, Issue 3/4

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 0144-333X ; Volume 34, Number 3/4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Economic policy.

India.

India--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The studies in this special issue look at various schemes, in their performance, impact and efficiency, providing a way forward in social policy points to approaches more embedded with the strategic changes in the Indian society. The contributors of the special issue pose some challenging questions for a relook at the old order of thinking which governs welfare scheme implementation, and provide directions for future research.

Contents:

Cover; Editorial advisory board; Welfare schemes in India:decentralization dynamics and stakeholder influences; Addressing utilization of the ICDS programme in Tamil Nadu, India:how class and caste matters; Towards building a skill basedsociety in India; Centrally sponsored schemes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands:a governance paradox; Welfare schemes and social protection in India; Comparison of the effects of thefood supplementation programmes of ICDS centers and primary schools at Bali Gram Panchayat, Arambagh, West Bengal, India

Leadership in female SHGs:traits/abilities, situationalor forced?MGNREGA policy and application

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78441-241-4

OCLC:

885122555