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Tables of Contents for India
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures and Tables
xiii
Introduction
1
8
India since Independence
1
3
On Learning from Others
4
2
Social Opportunity and Public Policy
6
3
Economic Development and Social Opportunity
9
18
Development, Freedom and Opportunities
9
4
On Education and Health
13
3
The Government, the State and the Market
16
2
Interdependence between Markets and Governance
18
3
Market-excluding and Market-complementary Interventions
21
4
A Positive Focus
25
2
India in Comparative Perspective
27
30
India and the World
27
5
Lessons from Other Countries
32
3
East Asia and Growth-mediated Progress
35
7
Human Capital and More Basic Values
42
2
Internal Diversities
44
7
Studying Indian States
51
6
India and China
57
30
Perceptions of China
57
2
Conditions of Life and Death
59
2
Contrasts in Basic Education
61
5
Pre-reform Achievements
66
2
Post-reform Records
68
5
Pre-reform and Post-reform Performances
73
2
Authoritarianism, Famines and Vulnerability
75
2
Coercion, Population and Fertility
77
6
The Real Lessons for India from China
83
4
Public Action and Social Inequality
87
22
The Public and its Role
87
5
The Reach of Inequalities
92
5
Social Inequality and Economic Reform
97
2
Basic Equality, Social Security and Health Care
99
6
Local Governance and Social Reform
105
4
Basic Education as a Political Issue
109
31
Education and Social Change
109
2
The State of School Education
111
5
Biases and Confounded Strategies
116
4
The Role of Expenditure
120
3
Priorities and Challenges
123
5
Provision, Utilization and Compulsion
128
4
On Female Education
132
5
Education and Political Action
137
3
Gender Inequality and Women's Agency
140
39
Female Deprivation and Missing Women
140
2
On the Female-Male Ratio
142
17
Women's Agency and Child Survival
159
8
Fertility and Women's Emancipation
167
5
Widowhood and Gender Relations
172
3
Gender Equality and Social Progress
175
4
Well Beyond Liberalization
179
26
What is the Cage?
179
4
People as Ends and as Means
183
2
Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms
185
4
Governance and Public Action
189
4
Women's Agency and Social Change
193
2
Comparative Perspectives
195
7
A Concluding Remark
202
3
Statistical Appendix
205
26
References
231
48
Name Index
279
8
Subject Index
287