Integrated Marketing Communications for Public Policy: Perspectives from the World's Largest Employment Guarantee Program Mgnrega

By Shriram Kadia

This book is based on detailed empirical research conducted to analyse the communication dissemination approach applied to the world's largest employment guarantee program MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). To uncover the insights, perspectives and understanding of the program, more than 30 villages in Western parts of India were visited and more than 400 MGNREGA beneficiaries were contacted personally by the author.

The book connects the two concepts of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) and Public Policy and highlights the importance of using the IMC tools for a meaningful and comprehensible communication dissemination strategies and campaigns. A global overview of public policy dissemination approaches adopted by federal governments in Brazil, Niger, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, and Kenya have been presented to sensitize the readers with the communication dissemination strategies used at theglobal level. The book presents and discusses a conceptual framework for the ideal public policy communication initiatives and highlights the apt communications vehicles for the illiterate, vulnerable and marginalized beneficiaries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811951179
• ISBN13: 9789811951176
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"