TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas Isaac T. M.
TI  - KERALA : Another Possible World
SN  - 9789392018329
U1  - 320.954 
PY  - 2022////04/01
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Left World Publishers
KW  - Thomas Isaac- Former Finance Minister of Kerala
KW  - Writings- Political and Economics
KW  - Indian Politician and Economist
KW  - Kerala
KW  - Political and Economic History- Kerala
N1  - There is no alternative (TINA)’ has been the slogan of the neoliberals ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The counter-slogan has been, ‘Another world is possible’. Here is the story of the ongoing struggles to build ‘another world’ in Kerala, India. The neoliberal imperative is to ‘maximize growth at any cost’. Kerala has embarked upon an alternative – to optimize growth within redistribution, environmental sustainability, gender and social justice, and concerns of progressive culture. Confronting the challenges of globalization, and within the ever-tightening restrictions imposed by the Union government, Kerala has pursued alternative policies of protecting the public sector, health, and education with highly positive outcomes. These outcomes, in turn, have strengthened the social security and care systems and drastically reduced hunger and poverty. Democratic decentralization has provided the framework for implementing such a program with the participation of the people.
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