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Democratic Decentralization in India

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Democratic Decentralization in India book

Experiences, issues and challenges

Democratic Decentralization in India

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Democratic Decentralization in India book

Experiences, issues and challenges
Edited ByE. Venkatesu
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 10 June 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge India
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315558653
Pages 298 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315558653
SubjectsArea Studies, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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Venkatesu, E. (Ed.). (2016). Democratic Decentralization in India. London: Routledge India, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315558653

This book explores experiences, issues and challenges which have emerged since Constitutional status was granted to the local bodies at grassroots level in India in the early 1990s. Among other issues, it focuses on:

  • the contrasting political ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar on Panchayati Raj Institutions
  • the legal and constitutional provisions which were introduced through the 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts
  • the devolution process, status and challenges of democracy for local governmental bodies
  • empowerment of the women and lower castes through reservations in the local bodies
  • governance in Schedule V and VI tribal areas

Based on extensive fieldwork across India, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of political science, sociology, public administration as well as policymakers and civil society activists.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

ByE. VENKATESU

chapter 1|12 pages

Local self-government thought in India: some refl ections on Gandhi and Ambedkar

ByG. VISWANADHAM

chapter 2|12 pages

Functioning of committee system in Panchayati Raj Institutions

ByE. VENKATESU

chapter 3|17 pages

Democratic decentralization in West Bengal – a devolution perspective

ByB. P. SYAM ROY

chapter 4|16 pages

Issues in devolution of functions, functionaries and funds to PRIs: a comparative assessment of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Kerala

ByJAWED ALAM KHAN

chapter 5|13 pages

Reservations in the Panchayati Raj Institutions and empowerment of the Dalits in Uttar Pradesh: achievements and limitations AVANEESH MAURYA

chapter 6|20 pages

Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act and empowerment of Adivasis in undivided Andhra Pradesh SAKRU NAIK BANAVATH

chapter 7|11 pages

Political representation for the empowerment of tribals and constraints

ByPRASHANT AMRUTKAR

chapter 8|28 pages

The status of forest rights and self-governance among the tribes in the protected areas: Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam Wildlife Sanctuary

ByNagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam Wildlife Sanctuary B. NAGESWARA RAO AND RAMESH KUMAR

chapter 9|18 pages

Decentralized governance in Northeast India: a comparative study of Bodoland Territorial District Council HARSHA S. AND ANTIARBUM RANGLONG

ByCouncil and Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous

chapter 10|18 pages

Decentralisation and civil society: elementary education management in Madhya Pradesh

ByREETIKA SYAL

chapter 11|14 pages

Understanding nestedness in democratic decentralisation through the lens of forest resource governance in Tamil Nadu

ByLAVANYA SURESH

chapter 12|15 pages

Emerging confl icts between Panchayati Raj Institutions and Khap Panchayats in Haryana

ByRAMESH KUMAR

chapter 13|20 pages

Parallel organizations and subversion of the grass-roots democracy in Andhra Pradesh

ByG. SUDARSHANAM AND N. CHAITANYA PRADEEP

chapter 14|15 pages

Decentralized governance, confl ict resolution and functioning of Panchayat Raj Institutions in Jammu and Kashmir

ByLAYEEQ AHMAD SHEIKH

chapter 15|23 pages

Local governance, changing profi le of elected public representatives and efforts for capacity development in India

ByE. VENKATESU
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