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India's rights revolution : has it worked for the poor? / S.K. Das.
Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199082421 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Civil rights -- India
| India -- Social policy | Poor -- India | Social justice -- IndiaAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780198081661DDC classification: 323.0869420954 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights: the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives have really benefitted the poor. Pointing out that these have not really worked for them, the book suggests a rights-based framework with proper laws, adequate resources, and institutional infrastructure to bridge the gap between the rights and their rightful beneficiaries.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights: the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives have really benefitted the poor. Pointing out that these have not really worked for them, the book suggests a rights-based framework with proper laws, adequate resources, and institutional infrastructure to bridge the gap between the rights and their rightful beneficiaries.
Description based on print version record.