Download or read book Democracy, Civil Society and Health in India written by Madhavi Gupta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's health failures remain visible and pronounced despite high rates of economic growth since the 1980s and more than six decades of democratic rule. The authors address the key issues that emerge from the country's health situation, speculating on what it will take for low-income groups to begin claiming for better social services