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Verlagstext:This book presents analysis of endemic deprivation in India and the role of public action in addressing the problem. The analysis is based on a broad view of economic development, focusing on human well-being and 'social opportunity' rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. India's success in reducing deprivation since Independence has been limited. Recent diagnoses of this failure of policy have concentrated on the counterproductive role of government regulation, and on the need for economic incentives to accelerate the economy. Professors Dreze and Sen argue that an assessment of India's failure to eliminate basic deprivations has to go beyond this limited focus, and to take note of the role played in that failure by inadequate public involvement in the provision of basic education, health care, social security, and related fields. Even the fostering of fast and participatory economic growth requires some basic social change, which is not addressed by liberalization and economic incentives. The authors also discuss the historical antecedents of these political and social neglects, including the distortion of policy priorities arising from inequalities of political power. Following on from this, the book considers the scope for public action to address these earlier biases and achieve a transformation of policy priorities. / AUS DEM INHALT: / / / Preface pv Introduction p1 Economic Development and Social Opportunity p9 India in Comparative Perspective p27 India and China p57 Public Action and Social Inequality p87 Education as a Political Issue p109 Gender Inequality and Women's Agency p140 Well Beyond Liberalization p179 Statistical Appendix p205 References p230 Name Index p279 Subject Index p287