Making India work : the development of welfare in a multi-level democracy / Louise Tillin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tillin, Louise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Political aspects--India.

Public welfare.

Democratization--India.

Democratization.

Nation-building--India.

Nation-building.

Economic development--India.

Economic development.

India--Politics and government.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Welfare politics take centre stage in India's electoral landscape today. Direct benefits and employment generation form the mainstays of social provision, while most citizens lack dependable rights to sickness leave, pensions, maternity benefits or unemployment insurance. But how did this system evolve? Louise Tillin traces the origins and development of India's welfare regime, recovering a history previously relegated to the margins of scholarship on the political economy of development. Her deeply researched analysis, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present, captures long-term patterns of continuity and change against a backdrop of nation-building, economic change, and democratisation. Making India Work demonstrates that while patronage and resource constraints have undermined the provision of public goods, Indian workers, employers, politicians and bureaucrats have long debated what an Indian 'welfare state' should look like. The ideas and principles shaping earlier policies remain influential today.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Feb 2025).

ISBN:

9781009464369

1009464361

9781009464383

1009464388