Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field Studies from Rural India

Baviskar, B S, George Mathew (eds.)
Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field Studies from Rural India
New Delhi, Sage, India, 2009, ISBN: 978-81-7829-860-3, 453pp
This book brings together field studies from 42 panchayats in 12 states, to show how decentralisation is working in Indian villages. It analyses the social, political, and economic forces influencing variations in the degree of empowerment of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and women and looks at likely future developments. The research methodology brings insights from a micro approach rather than macro-level generalities.