India's Children

Essays On Social Policy

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9780199455287

Publication date:

27/02/2015

Hardback

520 pages

216.0x140.0mm

Price: 1195.00 INR

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ISBN:

9780199455287

Publication date:

27/02/2015

Hardback

520 pages

216.0x140.0mm

A.K. Shiva Kumar, Preet Rustagi & Ramya Subrahmanian

Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of essays, this volume advocates child-centred social policies that focus on the specific requirements of both children as well as those of the families, communities, and societies in which they live. 

Suitable for: Libraries, university departments, research centres, institutions, professionals, scholars, and societies working on development economics and issues on child development. 

Rights:  World Rights

A.K. Shiva Kumar, Preet Rustagi & Ramya Subrahmanian

Description

Children are individuals born with indivisible and inalienable human rights. They belong to families and communities that need to have access to appropriate resources, services, and capacities required to ensure realization of these rights. The rights of parents and care-givers are therefore closely intertwined with the rights of children.   Childhood is a period of tremendous biological, psychological, and social development. Enabling all children to realize their full creative potential is critical for sustaining India’s economic growth and accelerating human development. However, India’s social policies are yet to deliver on the promise of quality education, health, nutrition, and protection for all. Future social policies therefore need to be built on evidence-based platforms that pay particular attention to children’s experiences of poverty and vulnerability, which are multidimensional and distinct from those of adults.   Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of essays, this volume advocates child-centred social policies that focus on the specific requirements of both children as well as those of the families, communities, and societies in which they live. 

A.K. Shiva Kumar, Preet Rustagi & Ramya Subrahmanian

Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Louis-Georges Arsenault
List of Abbreviations
Child Rights, Equity, and Social Policy: An Introduction
Ramya Subrahmanian, A.K. Shiva Kumar, and Preet Rustagi
 
Part I: Measuring Poverty and Deprivations
from Children's Perspective
1. Recognizing Child Well-being: The Need for a Double Paradigm Shift
Ashwani Saith and Rekha Wazir
2. Child Well-being and Deprivations in India
Preet Rustagi, Sunil Kumar Mishra, and Balwant Singh Mehta
3. Economic Status and Child Deprivation: Findings from Village Surveys
Madhura Swaminathan and Venkatesh Athreya
4. Demographic Transition, School Attendance, and Changing Activity Structure in Urban India
Amitabh Kundu and P.C. Mohanan
Part II: Macro Context and Policy Spaces
5. Achievements and Challenges in Legal Protection for Child Rights
Asha Bajpai
6. Rising Food Prices and the Global Financial Crisis: Tracking Impacts on Women and Children
S. Mahendra Dev
7. The Tryst Compromised: India's Fiscal Policy and Its Impact on Children
Praveen Jha and Subrat Das
Part III: Gender, Family, and Marriage
8. Adverse Child Sex Ratios and Gender Discrimination: Challenges for Law and Policy
Mary E. John
9. Delaying Age of Marriage: Social Norms and Policies
Priya Nanda and Sonvi A. Khanna
10. Parent-Child Communication and Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and K.G. Santhya
11. Universal Day-care Services: Meeting the Intersecting Needs and Rights of Women and Children
Neeta Misra and Ramya Subrahmanian
12. Conditional Cash Transfers for the Welfare of the Girl Child: The Indian Experience
T.V. Sekher
Part IV: Social Exclusion and Human Development
13. Engaging with Caste: Academic Discourses, Identity Politics, and State Policy
Surinder S. Jodhka
14. Assessing the Inclusiveness of Government Flagship Programmes: The Case of National Rural Health Mission
Kaveri Gill
15. Caste and Social Exclusion: Concept, Indicators, and Measurement
Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal
16. The Political Economy of Development and Adivasi Children and Society
Virginius Xaxa
17. Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education
Shivali Tukdeo
18. Addressing Deprivations of Scheduled Tribe Children: A Perspective from Odisha
Soumya Kapoor Mehta
 
Index

About the Editors and Contributors  

A.K. Shiva Kumar, Preet Rustagi & Ramya Subrahmanian

A.K. Shiva Kumar, Preet Rustagi & Ramya Subrahmanian

A.K. Shiva Kumar, Preet Rustagi & Ramya Subrahmanian

Description

Children are individuals born with indivisible and inalienable human rights. They belong to families and communities that need to have access to appropriate resources, services, and capacities required to ensure realization of these rights. The rights of parents and care-givers are therefore closely intertwined with the rights of children.   Childhood is a period of tremendous biological, psychological, and social development. Enabling all children to realize their full creative potential is critical for sustaining India’s economic growth and accelerating human development. However, India’s social policies are yet to deliver on the promise of quality education, health, nutrition, and protection for all. Future social policies therefore need to be built on evidence-based platforms that pay particular attention to children’s experiences of poverty and vulnerability, which are multidimensional and distinct from those of adults.   Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of essays, this volume advocates child-centred social policies that focus on the specific requirements of both children as well as those of the families, communities, and societies in which they live. 

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Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Louis-Georges Arsenault
List of Abbreviations
Child Rights, Equity, and Social Policy: An Introduction
Ramya Subrahmanian, A.K. Shiva Kumar, and Preet Rustagi
 
Part I: Measuring Poverty and Deprivations
from Children's Perspective
1. Recognizing Child Well-being: The Need for a Double Paradigm Shift
Ashwani Saith and Rekha Wazir
2. Child Well-being and Deprivations in India
Preet Rustagi, Sunil Kumar Mishra, and Balwant Singh Mehta
3. Economic Status and Child Deprivation: Findings from Village Surveys
Madhura Swaminathan and Venkatesh Athreya
4. Demographic Transition, School Attendance, and Changing Activity Structure in Urban India
Amitabh Kundu and P.C. Mohanan
Part II: Macro Context and Policy Spaces
5. Achievements and Challenges in Legal Protection for Child Rights
Asha Bajpai
6. Rising Food Prices and the Global Financial Crisis: Tracking Impacts on Women and Children
S. Mahendra Dev
7. The Tryst Compromised: India's Fiscal Policy and Its Impact on Children
Praveen Jha and Subrat Das
Part III: Gender, Family, and Marriage
8. Adverse Child Sex Ratios and Gender Discrimination: Challenges for Law and Policy
Mary E. John
9. Delaying Age of Marriage: Social Norms and Policies
Priya Nanda and Sonvi A. Khanna
10. Parent-Child Communication and Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and K.G. Santhya
11. Universal Day-care Services: Meeting the Intersecting Needs and Rights of Women and Children
Neeta Misra and Ramya Subrahmanian
12. Conditional Cash Transfers for the Welfare of the Girl Child: The Indian Experience
T.V. Sekher
Part IV: Social Exclusion and Human Development
13. Engaging with Caste: Academic Discourses, Identity Politics, and State Policy
Surinder S. Jodhka
14. Assessing the Inclusiveness of Government Flagship Programmes: The Case of National Rural Health Mission
Kaveri Gill
15. Caste and Social Exclusion: Concept, Indicators, and Measurement
Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal
16. The Political Economy of Development and Adivasi Children and Society
Virginius Xaxa
17. Literacies and Power: Looking for Adivasi Voice in Education
Shivali Tukdeo
18. Addressing Deprivations of Scheduled Tribe Children: A Perspective from Odisha
Soumya Kapoor Mehta
 
Index

About the Editors and Contributors  

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