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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818892903321

Autore

Standing Guy

Titolo

Social income and insecurity : a study in Gujarat / / Guy Standing. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-19840-7

0-203-08547-7

1-283-88594-8

1-136-19841-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StandingGuy

Disciplina

362.582095475

Soggetti

Income - India - Gujarat

Social security - India - Gujarat

Economic security - India - Gujarat

Gujarat (India) Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Copyright: Self Employed Women's Association"--T.p. verso.

Includes statistical tables.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Social Income and Insecurity: A Study in Gujarat; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Social Income, Globalisation and a World of Unending Uncertainty; 2 Gujarat: A Distinctive Development Model?; 3 Money Incomes in Gujarat; 4 Enterprise Benefits in Social Income: An Unhealthy Dualism; 5 Community Benefits: Communities under Stress; 6 State Benefits: The Inefficiencies of Targeting; 7 Private Benefits: The Operation of Market Forces; 8 Financial Crises: Coping with Income Insecurity

9 Restructuring Social Income: Universalising Economic Security, Strengthening CommunityAppendices; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Economic liberalisation associated with globalisation is causing a pervasive growth of economic insecurity experienced all over the world. This is placing urgent demands on policymakers to rethink old policies and institutions. This book sets out a new approach to the assessment



of income dynamics, based on identifying the diverse components of people's income and entitlements. It defines 'social income' as a broader concept of household income which includes state, community and private benefits. It shows how those components should be measured and provides a composite pictur