ISBN:
9780415820530
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (249 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Development and Welfare Policy in South Asia
DDC:
303.3/720954
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this reflects about the nature of the state in each of these countries. It offers a detailed analysis of the nature of these policies introduced in recent years in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and illustrates the similarities and differences in policy approaches amongst the six countries. Through this analysis, the book explores the thesis of whether there is a particular type of 'developmenta
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; PART I; 1 Introduction: development and welfare policy in South Asia; 2 Some preliminary reflections on development, public policy and welfare states; 3 Approaching developmental welfare states: a 'welfare geography' of South Asia; 4 Fiscal space in South Asia: evidence for the welfare state; PART II; 5 Development, welfare and governance: explaining Bangladesh's 'development surprise'; 6 The Indian case: towards a rights-based welfare state?
Description / Table of Contents:
7 The Maldives: the shifting nature of a welfare state8 Nepal: social policy in a nascent welfare state; 9 Political economy of reform: social protection reform in Pakistan; 10 Sri Lanka's experience of social development: towards equity and justice; PART III; 11 Social sector spending in South Asia: a mixed bag; 12 Welfare, development and rights in South Asia; Outlook: the logic of Southasian evolution; Annex: methodological note on calculating fiscal space; Glossary; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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