In Quest of Humane Development : Human Development, Community Networking and Public Service Delivery in India (India Studies in Business and Economics)

Dasgupta, Byasdeb (EDT)/ Sarkhel, Prasenjit (EDT)/ Ghosh, Archita (EDT)

Springer Verlag, Singapore（2022/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789811695780
• DDC分類 307.140954

Full Description

This book presents a multidimensional perspective on the interlinkage between human development, community characteristics and public service delivery with special reference to India. The chapters in the book analyze the influence of public service delivery on human development from neo-classical as well as Marxian point of view. Thus, the expositions in the book provides a balanced mix of macro and micro approaches in the study of development. The analytical discussions are supplemented by case studies and empirical estimates so as to demonstrate the applicability of the theory and the theoretical discourse about human development, community network and the success and failures of critical public services in the Indian context. The methodology followed in the chapters involves critical survey of existing literature, case studies, field survey and use of econometric techniques as well as statistical tools of index construction. While contributors are primarily scholars from neo-classical economics discipline, some are intellectuals from the field of political economy and development studies. Given the wide array of development perspectives, this book is of interest not only to students and researcher of development economics, social science and management, but also a valuable reading for development practitioners and policy makers, who would be interested in understanding how community and public institutions interact to determine access to health, education and social security services that shapes the wellbeing of disadvantaged populations. The lessons and implications are extremely pertinent to other emerging economies, in particular those in South Asia.

Contents

Part A: Perspectives on Human Development.- Chapter 1: Is the Notion of Human Development Capitalo-centric?.-  Chapter 2: Human(e) Development: Philosophy, Politics, Praxis in World of the Third Contexts.- Chapter 3: Hunger, Climate Change and Human Development - a Global Perspective.- Chapter 4: Measuring Human Development at Sub-National Level: Methods & Application.- Part B: Delivery of Public Services in India.- Chapter 5: Delivering to Destroy? Communities and Access to Public Goods in India.-  Chapter 6: Delivery of Safe Drinking Water in Rural India: A critical evaluation of the public policies and rural water supply programs.- Part C: Education, Health and Social Security for Human Development.- Chapter 7: The changing relationships between education and development: Glimpses from policymaking in India.- Chapter 8: The Effect of Employment Guarantee Scheme on School Attendance in Rural India.- Chapter 9: Health and Well-being of the Elderly People: A Survival Challenge in West Bengal.- Chapter 10: Experience of Social Protection for Unorganized Labourers in West Bengal.- Chapter 11: Backward Region Grant Fund and its Utilisation: A Case Study in the District of Adilabad, Telengaga.- Part D: Gender and Human Development.- Chapter 12: Understanding the cost of violence against women and child marriage and the need for Context-specific response.- Chapter 13: Female Work Participation and Persistent Gender Inequality in India.- Part E: Financing for Human Development.- Chapter 14: Emerging Challenges in Public Financing of Human Development in India.- Chapter 15: Backward Region Grant Fund: Is the allocation justified?.- Chapter 16: Private Provision of Public Goods through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).