TY - BOOK AU - Baviskar,B.S. AU - Mathew,George TI - Inclusion and exclusion in local governance : field studies from rural India SN - 9788178298603 AV - JS7013 .I63 2009 U1 - 320.8080954 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications KW - Panchayat KW - India KW - Case studies KW - People with social disabilities KW - Political activity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Including the excluded: empowering the powerless through panchayati raj in Maharashtra / B.S. Baviskar -- Power to the excluded groups and panchayati raj in coastal Orissa / B.B. Mohanty -- Negotiating with empowerment: panchayati raj in Andhra Pradesh / Vinod K Jairath and Srinivas Sajja -- Panchayati raj or party raj?: understanding the nature of local government in West Bengal / Manasendu Kundu -- On the floor and behind the veil: the excluded in the panchayati raj in Haryana / S.R. Ahlawat and Neerja Ahlawat -- Including the excluded through panchayati raj in Karnataka / B.S. Bhargava and K. Subha -- Understanding grassroots power and excluded communities in Kerala / T.G. Suresh -- Caste, party, and democratic decentralization in Karnataka / Lalita Chandrashekhar -- Gender, caste, and politics in rural Tamil Nadu / L. Thara Bhai -- Brushed under the carpet: inclusion and exclusion in Manipur / N. Vijaylakshmi Brara -- Changing power relations through panchayats in Maharashtra / R.B. Patil -- Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in Uttar Pradesh / Santosh Singh -- Devolution of power through panchayats in Rajasthan / Shashi Bhushan Singh -- Local governance and social change in Gujarat / Satyakam Joshi ER -