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



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Titolo: Inclusive states [[electronic resource] ] : social policy and structural inequalities / / Anis A. Dani and Arjan de Haan, editors Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 p.)
Disciplina: 320.609172/4
Soggetto topico: Social policy
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Social aspects
Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Social policy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: DaniAnis A (Anis Ahmad)  
HaanArjan de  
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
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ISBN: 0-8213-7000-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454040303321
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Serie: New frontiers of social policy.