Inclusion and exclusion in local governance
Subtitle: field studies from rural India
By: edited by B.S. Baviskar and George Mathew.
Contributors: Baviskar, B. S. 1931-; Mathew, George, 1943-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9788178298603
Subjects: Panchayat -- India -- Case studies; People with social disabilities -- India -- Political activity -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  / B.S. Baviskar and George Mathew; title: Including the excluded : empowering the powerless through panchayati raj in Maharashtra / B.S. Baviskar; title: Power to the excluded groups and panchayati raj in coastal Orissa / B.B. Mohanty; title: Negotiating with empowerment : panchayati raj in Andhra Pradesh / Vinod K Jairath and Srinivas Sajja; title: Panchayati raj or party raj? : understanding the nature of local government in West Bengal / Manasendu Kundu; title: On the floor and behind the veil : the excluded in the panchayati raj in Haryana / S.R. Ahlawat and Neerja Ahlawat; title: Including the excluded through panchayati raj in Karnataka / B.S. Bhargava and K. Subha; title: Understanding grassroots power and excluded communities in Kerala / T.G. Suresh; title: Caste, party, and democratic decentralization in Karnataka / Lalita Chandrashekhar; title: Gender, caste, and politics in rural Tamil Nadu / L. Thara Bhai; title: Brushed under the carpet : inclusion and exclusion in Manipur / N. Vijaylakshmi Brara; title: Changing power relations through panchayats in Maharashtra / R.B. Patil; title: Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in Uttar Pradesh / Santosh Singh; title: Devolution of power through panchayats in Rajasthan / Shashi Bhushan Singh; title: Local governance and social change in Gujarat / Satyakam Joshi.