Making India Work - The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy

"Welfare politics take centre stage in India's electoral landscape today, yet their development have not been thoroughly examined. Louise Tillin traces the origins and evolution of India's welfare regime, tracing continuity and change across a century of nation-building, economic change, and democratisation"--

List of contents

1. Introduction: the shaping of a welfare regime; 2. Origins, expansion and reform: India's welfare regime in historical perspective; Part I. Building a National Economy: Regulating Internal Competition: 3. In the shadow of sickness: Bombay and the origins of social insurance; 4. World war two, Tripartism and a National welfare State for industrial workers; Part II. Putting India to Work: 5. A girding of loins: planning and the duty to work in the postcolonial State; 6. Electoral competition and the expansion of social policy to rural areas: rural employment guarantee as social security; Part III. Liberalisation and Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy: 7. Liberalisation and the 'social safety net'; 8. Welfare, rights and the market in the post-congress polity, 1998-2014; 9. Conclusion: the past and future of the welfare State in India; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Louise Tillin is Professor of Politics at King's College London.

Summary

Welfare politics take centre stage in India's electoral landscape today, yet their development have not been thoroughly examined. Louise Tillin traces the origins and evolution of India's welfare regime, tracing continuity and change across a century of nation-building, economic change, and democratisation.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Tillin, Louise (King's College London) Tillin, Louise (King''s College London) Tillin, Tillin Louise
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009464390
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946439-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Asian History, Development Studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / General