Grass-roots democracy in India and China : the right to participate
Both India and China have experienced economic changes that 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.
Print Book, English, 2007
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2007
498 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
9780761935155, 9788178296678, 0761935150, 8178296675
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PrefaceIntroduction: Local Governance, Local Democracy and the Right to Participate - Manoranjan MohantyPART I: INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND LOCAL PARTICIPATIONLocal Government System in India and China: Learning from Each Other - George MathewDependency versus Autonomy: The Identity Crisis of India′s Panchayats - D. Bandyopadhyay, Saila K Ghosh and Buddhadeb GhoshRural Political Participation in the Maoist and Post-Mao Periods - Xiaohong ZhouSelecting Within the Rules: Institutional Innovation in China′s Governance - Tony Saich and Xuedong Yang′Civil Society′ Revisited: The Anatomy of a Rural NGO in Qinghai - Richard Baum and Xin ZhangChanges in Local Administration and their Impact on Community Life in the Grasslands of Inner MongoliaVillage Panchayats in Maharashtra - Rajendra VoraKerala′s People′s Plan Campaign 1996-2001: A Critical Assessment - T. M. Thomas IsaacPanchayati Raj System in Karnataka: Trends and Issues - B.S. Bhargava and K. Subha PART II: LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND THE EMERGING SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUESImperfect Substitutes: The Local Political Economy of Informal Finance and Microfinance in Rural China and India - Kellee S. TsaiStratification and Institutional Exclusion in China and India: Administrative Means versus Social Barriers - Fei-Ling WangWomen and Local Power in India and China - Bidyut MohantyGender, Work and Power in an Andhra Village - M. VanamalaDemocracy, Good Governance and Economic Development in Rural China - David Zweig and Chung Siu FungGrass-roots Democracy: The Working of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Andhra Pradesh - G.Haragopal and G. Sudarshanam The Environment, the Family and Local Government among the Tajik People - Shengmin YangThe Evolution and Function of the Kaxie System of the Lahu People in South-west China - Shaoying HeSocial Change and the Development of Democracy in Local Governance in Tibet - Tanzen LhundupThe Party, the Village Committee and the Monastery: Functions and Interactions of Three Institutions at the Grass Roots. - Changjiang Yu COMPARATIVE REFLECTIONSReconceptualising Local Democracy: Reflections on Democracy, Power and Resistance in the Indian and Chinese Countryside - Manoranjan Mohanty and Mark SeldenIndex