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Politics and the Right to Work: India´s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
James Manor
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Description for Politics and the Right to Work: India´s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Paperback. A rare and hugely successful story in the global development world, Jenkins and Manor present detailed research that convincingly demonstrates the efficacy of the MGNREGA in India Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JP; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 750.
India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), passed in 2005, has been among the developing world's most ambitious anti-poverty initiatives. By 'guaranteeing' 100 days of work annually to every rural household, NREGA has sought to advance the Indian constitution's commitment to securing citizens' 'right to work'. This book is not a technical evaluation of programme performance. It offers instead a detailed analysis of the politics surrounding NREGA: the model of political action that motivated its architects, the public advocacy and parliamentary maneuvering involved in its passage, the political dynamics shaping implementation at state and local levels, the institutional constraints on ... Read more
India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), passed in 2005, has been among the developing world's most ambitious anti-poverty initiatives. By 'guaranteeing' 100 days of work annually to every rural household, NREGA has sought to advance the Indian constitution's commitment to securing citizens' 'right to work'. This book is not a technical evaluation of programme performance. It offers instead a detailed analysis of the politics surrounding NREGA: the model of political action that motivated its architects, the public advocacy and parliamentary maneuvering involved in its passage, the political dynamics shaping implementation at state and local levels, the institutional constraints on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849045704
SKU
V9781849045704
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99-50
About James Manor
Rob Jenkins is Professor of Political Science at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. James Manor is the Emeka Anyaoku Professor Emeritus of Commonwealth Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Reviews for Politics and the Right to Work: India´s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
‘The ideas discussed in this book are keys to an understanding of struggles for socio-economic rights around the world and the response of the corresponding state. … This book is a primer for those interested in trying to understand the complexity of development politics in a country like India.’
South Asian Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 'A magisterial work on India's ... Read more
South Asian Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 'A magisterial work on India's ... Read more