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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824794303321

Titolo

Inclusive states : : social policy and structural inequalities / / Anis A. Dani and Arjan de Haan, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008

ISBN

0-8213-7000-6

Descrizione fisica

xlviii, 418 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

New frontiers of social policy

Altri autori (Persone)

DaniAnis A (Anis Ahmad)

HaanArjan de

Disciplina

320.609172/4

Soggetti

Social policy

Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Social aspects

Developing countries Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Foreword; Series Preface; Arusha Statement; About the Editors; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; PART I. SOCIAL POLICY: LESSONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS; Figure 1.1. The Vicious Cycle of Structural Inequality; Figure 1.2. Elements of Inclusive Social Policy; Table 1.1. A Framework for Inclusive States; Figure 2.1. A Simple Model of Social Policy Making; Box 2.1. The Welfare Regime Synthesis; Box 2.2. The Orthodox Model; Figure 3.1. Absolute Poverty and Inequality; Figure 3.2. Support for Participatory Democracy

Table 3.1. Attitudes toward Lobbying and the Value of Including Interests in Policy FormulationTable 3.2. Participation and Effectiveness; Table 3.3. Forms of Inclusion in 15 Postcommunist States; Figure 3.3. Map of Inclusion and Participation; Table 3.4. Responsiveness Reduces Poverty and Inequality; Table 3.A.1. Database Variables; Table 4.1. Assessing the Scope for Macroeconomic Policy Choices: Country Typology; Box 4.1. Ghana, 2005/06: Example of a Poverty-Focused Tax Policy; Box 4.2. Cameroon, 2001: Example of a Poverty-Focused Privatization Operation

Box 4.3. Ghana, 2002: Country Comparison of Poverty-Focused Policy Responses-Petroleum PricesPART II. STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES AND POLICY EXPERIENCE; Figure 6.1. Latin America and the Caribbean: Incidence of Extreme Poverty in Indigenous and Afro-Descendant



Individuals as a Multiple of the Incidence in the Rest of the Population; Figure 6.2. Latin America: 15- to 19-Year-Olds Who Have Not 150 Completed Primary Education, by Ethnic or Racial Group, 2002; Figure 6.3. Sex Distribution by Quintiles for Urban Areas: Simple Average for Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Figure 6.4. Latin America and the Caribbean: Evolution of Indigence by Geographic Area, 1990-2005Table 6.1. Census Criteria to Identify Indigenous Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean; Box 8.1. Ingredients for Influencing through the Policy Research Process; Box 8.2. Caste and Ethnic Dimensions of Poverty in Nepal; Box 8.3. Political Poverty: Participation in Governance; Figure 8.1. Caste and Ethnic Dimensions of Poverty: The Caste Hierarchy in Nepal under the 1854 Muliki Ain

Table 8.1. Transformation of Cognitive Logic and Values and Shifts in Formal Institutions and Political PowerFigure 8.2. Sites of Empowerment and Inclusion; Figure 8.3. Efforts to Build Democratic Institutions in Nepal: A Time Line; Table 8.2. Uncertainty and Hopes for the Emergence of Democratic Institutions; Table 8.3. Implementation Status of Major Policy Commitments for Dalits in the Ninth Plan; PART III. INCLUSIVE INSTITUTIONS; Table 11.1. Comparison of Indigenous Peoples, Selected Indicators, Latest Possible Year; Box 11.1. Kohanga Reo; Box 12.1. Interfaces of Programs and Parents

Box 12.2. Gap between Global Category and Local Reality

Sommario/riassunto

The heterogeneity of social structures and cultural identities in many developing countries, together with traditional hierarchies, rivalries, and deep-seated biases, has perpetuated inequities. Inclusive States: Social Policy and Structural Inequalities examines the role of the state and society in addressing structural inequalities and identifies a set of policy recommendations to redress them. This book defines structural inequality as a condition arising from unequal status attributed to a category of people in relation to others, a relationship perpetuated and reinforced by unequal relati