The creation of poverty and inequality in India : exclusion, isolation, domination and extraction / Parthasarathi Shome.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shome, Parthasarathi, 1950- author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social stratification--India.

Social stratification.

India--Economic conditions.

India.

India--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book analyses poverty in India as being intimately connected with the advent of caste, untouchability, colonialism, indentured servitude and slavery, and their relation to modern practices. It recommends a slew of bold domestic and international policies to eliminate poverty.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Macro-Economy and Human Development

Macro-Economic Indicators: A Backdrop

Population, Poverty and Happiness

National Income, Human Development and Inequality

Sources of Inequality and Poverty

Racism, Colonialism and Slavery as International Practices

India's Caste Structure

Untouchability: Ambedkar and Early Reformers

Sectoral Effects

The Rural-Urban Divide

Women, Children and Demographic Dividend

Nutrition, Health, Sanitation, Water and Climate Change

Radical Humanism

Blueprint for Addressing Poverty and Inequality

Cash Use in India: A Cross-Country Comparison

Macro-Economic Comparisons: Selected Economies

Selected Country Tables

Evidence on Inequality in the US

Impact of Land Policy

Impact of Asset Transfer on the Poor

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781529230413

1529230411

9781529230390

152923039X

9781529230406

1529230403

OCLC:

1404447422