History, historians and development policy : a necessary dialogue / / edited by C. A. Bayly [and 3 others] |
Autore | Rao Vijayendra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Decision making
Policy sciences Social sciences and history Historians History Economic development Natural resources - Management Public health |
Soggetto non controllato |
History
General Social Science Developing & Emerging Countries |
ISBN | 1-5261-5161-8 |
Classificazione | NW 9000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra Rao -- 2. Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly -- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari -- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. -- 3. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith -- 4. Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health -- 5. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith -- 6. Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews -- Public education -- 7. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent -- 8. The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management -- 9. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde -- 10. Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge -- Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996543171203316 |
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Manchester University Press, 2020 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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History, historians and development policy : a necessary dialogue / / edited by C. A. Bayly [and 3 others] |
Autore | Rao Vijayendra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Decision making
Policy sciences Social sciences and history Historians History Economic development Natural resources - Management Public health |
Soggetto non controllato |
History
General Social Science Developing & Emerging Countries |
ISBN | 1-5261-5161-8 |
Classificazione | NW 9000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. How and why history matters for development policy / Michael Woolcock, Simon Szreter and Vijayendra Rao -- 2. Indigenous and colonial origins of comparative economic development: The case of colonial India and Africa / C.A. Bayly -- Commentary: History, time and temporality in development discourse / Uma Kothari -- Historical contributions to contemporary development policy issues: Social Protection. -- 3. Social security as a developmental institution? The relative efficacy of Poor Relief provisions under the English old Poor Law / Richard Smith -- 4. Historical lessons about contemporary social welfare: Chinese puzzles and global challenges / R. Bing Wong -- Commentary: Why might history matter for development policy? / Ravi Kanbur -- Public Health -- 5. Health in India since Independence / Sunil S. Amrith -- 6. Health care policy for American Indians since the early 20th century / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Commentary: Can historians assist development policy-making, or just highlight its faults? / David Hall-Mathews -- Public education -- 7. The end of literacy: The growth and measurement of British public education since the early nineteenth century / David Vincent -- 8. The tools of transition: Education and development in modern southeast Asian history / Tim Harper -- Commentary: Remembering the forgetting in education / Lant Pritchett -- Natural resource management -- 9. Energy and natural resource dependency in Europe, 1600-1900 / Paul Warde -- 10. Special rights in property: Why modern African economies are dependent on mineral resources / Keith Breckenridge -- Commentary: Natural resources and development-which histories matter? / Mick Moore. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910433239403321 |
Rao Vijayendra
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Manchester University Press, 2020 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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