George Mathew
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Bringing together essays critical in contemporary development discourse, this volume addresses the broad themes of development as freedom, equality and human ascent within the framework of democracy and decentralised governance.
The first seven essays interrogate and critique the ideas of democracy, development and its translation into the pursuit of growth that is market driven and measured exclusively in terms of GNP. They search for possible, more inclusive ...
The book comes in the context of understanding the history of rural local governance in India. It provides an in-depth analysis of the structures of the Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) and the functioning of the PRIs since 2000. The introduction presents an overview of the functioning of the Panchayati Raj system. The volume takes up specific states and union territories individually and provides exhaustive data on blocks/talukas/mandals and districts of the ...
Both India and China have experienced economic changes and growing social consciousness which have generated new challenges for local institutions. This volume closely studies the resultant grass-roots political experiences in these countries from an interdisciplinary perspective. It examines the process of democratization and highlights the growing demands for participation and the complex power structures interjecting them. The contributors to ...
This book is an attempt to delve into one of the problems faced by the teaching faculty at the school level. There is a tendency to brand the truant student as an incorrigible delinquent. This may be due to lack of proper under-standing. This study shows that there are various factors such as heredity and environment that make a person or breaks a person. A genuine under-standing of a truant helps to love the person as he is without condemning him. This book will ...
Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance : Field Studies from Rural India is a product of a rare national-level study conducted in forty two panchayats across twelve states to reveal how democratic decentralization is working in Indian villages. This is done through stories of empowerment as well as discrimination against women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The contributors have adopted a unique research methodology which may set a ...