Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Welfare discourses in India; Chapter 3: Expansion of Welfare Aspirants in India at the Turn of the Century; Chapter 4: Convergence of Welfare Pledges by the Congress and the BJP: 2009-2019 Chapter 5: Welfare Policy Output 2009-19; Chapter 6: Welfare Policy Outcomes 2009-2019; Chapter 7: Responsiveness and Accountability; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Appendices; Index
Biography
Prakash Sarangi is a former Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India, and a former Vice-Chancellor, Ravenshaw University, India. His academic interests revolve around democratic theory and practice and his publications include Political Exchange and Public Policy, Essays on India’s Political Economy and Liberal Theories of State: Contemporary Perspectives.
"A timely contribution to democratic theory and public policy, this work takes the discourse on welfare and welfare state into a new stage where the idea of 'responsive welfare' is presented as integral to democratic politics and economic development providing a tool to the citizens to assess competing electoral promises by parties."
-- Professor Manoranjan Mohanty, University of Delhi and Council for Social Development, India
“The conceptual link between democratic politics and welfare policies is the core argument of this book. Sarangi’s succinct analysis of India’s vibrant political process shows how party competition links citizenship to the entitlement to welfare. This elegant and closely argued book is a timely corrective to the chorus of ‘democracy backsliding’ in India.”
– Professor Subrata K Mitra, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
