Changing Profile of Urban Poverty in Jharkhand

ISBN-13: 9783846524497 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str.

Kiran Sharma

Opis

This book is about the changing profile of urban poverty in the newly formed state Jharkhand since 1970 s.Here,an attempt is made to compare the poverty scenario in Jharkhand with its parent state Bihar both before and after economic reform periods. The book provides key concepts and issues pertaining to urban poverty, its causes and its changing nature of the profiles of the poor in the era of liberalization.The important urban poverty alleviation programmes is critically analysed to find out its contribution towards alleviating poverty in the country with specific reference to Jharkhand.

O autorze

Miss Kiran Sharma is a PhD Scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She received the Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) degree in Sociology from JNU and did her Graduation, Post Graduation from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.