Main description:
How much of the devolution of power in India to the local level is real, and how much is rhetoric? Fieldwork in three different areas of Uttar Pradesh enables the authors of this book to chart the joint impact of feudal dominance and modernization policies. They conclude that the devolution of power to largely non-functioning panchayats can neither empower the poor nor relieve their poverty.
Table of contents:
Devolution and Village Democracy
Land, Politics, People
Diversity and Change
An Introduction to the Fieldwork Areas
Dominance
Land, Caste and Power
Dependence, Contradiction and Resistance
Panchayat Councils, Leadership and Co-option
Panchayats, Development and Poverty Alleviation
The Development Priorities from Below
Conclusion
Devolution and Accountability
How much of the devolution of power in India to the local level is real, and how much is rhetoric? Fieldwork in three different areas of Uttar Pradesh enables the authors of this book to chart the joint impact of feudal dominance and modernization policies. They conclude that the devolution of power to largely non-functioning panchayats can neither empower the poor nor relieve their poverty.
Table of contents:
Devolution and Village Democracy
Land, Politics, People
Diversity and Change
An Introduction to the Fieldwork Areas
Dominance
Land, Caste and Power
Dependence, Contradiction and Resistance
Panchayat Councils, Leadership and Co-option
Panchayats, Development and Poverty Alleviation
The Development Priorities from Below
Conclusion
Devolution and Accountability