The politics of social protection in rural India : a case study of two villages

Social protection should ideally create a framework of 'welfare rights' for the vulnerable individuals and households. The state, through a set of policies of promotive and protective measures, sets out to achieve this. However, gaining these welfare rights in a decentralised democratic fr...

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Main Author: Pellissery, Sony
Other Authors: Smith, George
Published: University of Oxford 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487041