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Could the social perceptions of risk and the political dynamics of the risk society be or become one central axis of social conflict and identity beyond status or class? Or does the risk society, on the contrary, lack political counteraction because of individualization?
The only thing better than controlling money and power is to control the efforts to question the distribution of money and power.
Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
Jha, Kotwal and Ramaswami (2013) in their overview of the evolution of food subsidy programmes in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Philippines over multiple decades conclude that, the main reasons for consistent failure of targeting are due to elite capture, incorrect identification of the poor, their lack of access, barriers to participation and regional allocation biases.
Show Me the Cash: Direct Benefits Transfer in India
Rajesh Chakrabarti
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