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An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions

2013 Jean Drèze ;2013 Amartya Sen ;ISBN: 9780691160795 ;ISBN: 0691160791 ;ISBN: 9780691165523 ;ISBN: 0691165521 ;ISBN: 1400848776 ;ISBN: 9781400848775 ;EISBN: 1400848776 ;EISBN: 9781400848775 ;DOI: 10.23943/9781400848775 ;OCLC: 854562993 ;LCCallNum: HC435

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Title:
An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions
Author: Drèze, Jean ; Sen, Amartya
Subjects: Armut ; Asia ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Bildungsbeteiligung ; Bildungschance ; Bildungspolitik ; Bildungssystem ; Business ; Business & Economics ; Chancengleichheit ; Democracy- Kcm- Jphv- Jhb- 1fka ; Demokratie ; Development ; Economic Development- Political Science ; Economic Policy- Social Science ; Ernährung ; Frau ; Geburtenhäufigkeit ; General- History ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Gesundheitswesen ; Gewaltprävention ; History ; India & South Asia- Political Science ; Indien ; Infrastruktur ; Korruption ; Lebenserwartung ; Lebensqualität ; Lebensstandard ; Lohnentwicklung ; Massenmedien ; Medizinische Versorgung ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Partizipation ; Political Ideologies ; Political Science ; Politik ; Politisches System ; Public Policy ; Regionaler Vergleich ; Sociology ; Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Soziale Situation ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Sozialer Abstieg ; Sozialer Indikator ; Sozialpolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum
Description: When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. The famines of the British era disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced the economic stagnation of the Raj. The growth of the Indian economy quickened further over the last three decades and became the second fastest among large economies. Despite a recent dip, it is still one of the highest in the world. Maintaining rapid as well as environmentally sustainable growth remains an important and achievable goal for India. In An Uncertain Glory, two of India's leading economists argue that the country's main problems lie in the lack of attention paid to the essential needs of the people, especially of the poor, and often of women. There have been major failures both to foster participatory growth and to make good use of the public resources generated by economic growth to enhance people's living conditions. There is also a continued inadequacy of social services such as schooling and medical care as well as of physical services such as safe water, electricity, drainage, transportation, and sanitation. In the long run, even the feasibility of high economic growth is threatened by the underdevelopment of social and physical infrastructure and the neglect of human capabilities, in contrast with the Asian approach of simultaneous pursuit of economic growth and human development, as pioneered by Japan, South Korea, and China. In a democratic system, which India has great reason to value, addressing these failures requires not only significant policy rethinking by the government, but also a clearer public understanding of the abysmal extent of social and economic deprivations in the country. The deep inequalities in Indian society tend to constrict public discussion, confining it largely to the lives and concerns of the relatively affluent. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ".
Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
Creation Date: 2013
Format: 453
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 9780691160795
ISBN: 0691160791
ISBN: 9780691165523
ISBN: 0691165521
ISBN: 1400848776
ISBN: 9781400848775
EISBN: 1400848776
EISBN: 9781400848775
DOI: 10.23943/9781400848775
OCLC: 854562993
LCCallNum: HC435
Source: ScholarVox International

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An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions

2013 Jean Drèze ;2013 Amartya Sen ;ISBN: 9780691160795 ;ISBN: 0691160791 ;ISBN: 9780691165523 ;ISBN: 0691165521 ;ISBN: 1400848776 ;ISBN: 9781400848775 ;EISBN: 1400848776 ;EISBN: 9781400848775 ;DOI: 10.23943/9781400848775 ;OCLC: 854562993 ;LCCallNum: HC435

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