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

• Pubblicazione: New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.582095475
• Soggetto topico: Income - India - Gujarat; Social security - India - Gujarat; Economic security - India - Gujarat
• Soggetto geografico: Gujarat (India) Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: StandingGuy
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Social income and insecurity
• ISBN: 0-203-08547-7; 1-283-88594-8; 1-136-19841-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452539103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II