UID:
edoccha_9958115957402883
Format:
xlviii, 418 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8213-7000-6
Series Statement:
New frontiers of social policy
Content:
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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Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Box 12.2. Gap between Global Category and Local Reality
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6999-7
Language:
English
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