{"product_id":"making-india-work-the-development-of-welfare-in-a-multi-level-democracy-hardback-9781009464390","title":"Making India Work; The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy (Hardback) 9781009464390","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking India Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA unique analysis of India's welfare regime, exploring its development against a backdrop of nation-building and democratisation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLouise Tillin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009464390, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Making India Work is essential reading for scholars and students of welfare states in India and beyond. Above all, this must be read in India by our commentariat who in the court of public opinion have been far too quick to delegitimise essential welfare investments as 'freebies' and 'revdis'. The debate must now shift to asking deeper questions about our economy and democracy.' Yamini Aiyar, The India Forum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWelfare politics take centre stage in India's electoral landscape today. Direct benefits and employment generation form the mainstays of social provision, while most citizens lack dependable rights to sickness leave, pensions, maternity benefits or unemployment insurance. But how did this system evolve? Louise Tillin traces the origins and development of India's welfare regime, recovering a history previously relegated to the margins of scholarship on the political economy of development. Her deeply researched analysis, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present, captures long-term patterns of continuity and change against a backdrop of nation-building, economic change, and democratisation. Making India Work demonstrates that while patronage and resource constraints have undermined the provision of public goods, Indian workers, employers, politicians and bureaucrats have long debated what an Indian 'welfare state' should look like. The ideas and principles shaping earlier policies remain influential today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: the shaping of a welfare regime\u003cbr\u003e 2. Origins, expansion and reform: India's welfare regime in historical perspective\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Building a National Economy: Regulating Internal Competition: 3. In the shadow of sickness: Bombay and the origins of social insurance\u003cbr\u003e 4. World war two, Tripartism and a National welfare State for industrial workers\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Putting India to Work: 5. A girding of loins: planning and the duty to work in the postcolonial State\u003cbr\u003e 6. Electoral competition and the expansion of social policy to rural areas: rural employment guarantee as social security\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Liberalisation and Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy: 7. Liberalisation and the 'social safety net'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Welfare, rights and the market in the post-congress polity, 1998-2014\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: the past and future of the welfare State in India\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414072226072,"sku":"9781009464390","price":78.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009464390i.jpg?v=1784336529","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-india-work-the-development-of-welfare-in-a-multi-level-democracy-hardback-9781009464390","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}