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

Poverty in India is intimately connected with caste, untouchability, colonialism and indentured servitude, inseparable from the international experience of slavery and race. Focusing on historical and modern practices, this book goes beyond traditional economic approaches to poverty and demonstrates...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shome, Parthasarathi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.
Temas:
Social stratification > India.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
Economic history.
Social conditions.
Social stratification.
India > Economic conditions.
India > Social conditions.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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