Politics and the Right to Work: India's National Rural Employment Guarantee ACT

by Rob Jenkins and James Manor

India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), passed in 2005, has been among the developing world's most ambitious anti-poverty initiatives. By 'guaranteeing' 100 days of work annually to every rural household, NREGA has sought to advance the Indian constitution's commitment to securing citizens' 'right to work'. This book is not a technical evaluation of programme performance. It offers instead a detailed analysis of the politics surrounding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190608307
• ISBN13: 9780190608309
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"