Social Income and Insecurity - A Study in Gujarat

Informationen zum Autor Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security, University of Bath, UK. Jeemol Unni is RBI Chair Professor in Rural Economics, Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). Renana Jhabvala is the National Coordinator of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and President of SEWA Bharat. Uma Rani is Senior Development Economist, International Institute of Labour Studies (ILO), Geneva. Klappentext This book sets out to identify the components of social income, going beyond conventional measures of monetary income and showing how the restructuring of those components actually intensify income inequality and insecurity. The analysis is built on a special survey conducted in Gujarat. Zusammenfassung This book sets out to identify the components of social income, going beyond conventional measures of monetary income and showing how the restructuring of those components actually intensify income inequality and insecurity. The analysis is built on a special survey conducted in Gujarat. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Social Income, Globalisation and a World of Unending Uncertainty 2. Social Income in Gujarat: A Distinctive Development Model? 3. Money Incomes in Gujarat 4. Enterprise Benefits in Social Income: An Unhealthy Dualism 5. Community Benefits under Stress 6. State Benefits: The Inefficiencies of Targeting 7. Private Benefits: The Operation of Market Forces 8. Financial Crises: Coping with Income Insecurity 9. Restructuring Social Income: Universalising Security, Strengthening Community Appendices. Appendix A: The Survey Methodology Appendix B: Measuring Social Income Bibliography Index

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• Auteurs: Renana Jhabvala, Jhabvala Renana, Uma Rani, Rani Uma, Guy Standing, Guy Unni Standing, Standing Guy, Jeemol Unni, Unni Jeemol
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.06.2010
• EAN: 9780415585743
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58574-3
• Pages: 254
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Economics, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Development Studies