کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
991642 935621 2010 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryRecent, “rights-based approaches” offer a promising route for bringing about social change. However, we have little experience with state-provided legally enforceable socio-economic rights. This paper examines one of the few examples of a legally granted socio-economic right—a limited “right to work”—that has existed in one state of India for over 25 years in the form of the Employment Guarantee Scheme. The paper argues that legal underpinnings do not automatically enable the poor to obtain rights; however, legal rights have important indirect effects for pro-poor activist organizations including mobilizing membership, protecting activists from arbitrary action, and shifting public discourse.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: World Development - Volume 38, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 620–630
نویسندگان
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