Oral Democracy - Deliberation in Indian Village Assemblies

Studies citizens' deliberation on governance and development in Indian democracy, and the influence of state policy and literacy, analysing three hundred village assemblies. This title is also available as Open Access.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Discursive political culture; 3. Political construction, state enactments, and citizen performances; 4. The role of literacy in deliberative democracy; 5. Conclusion: oral democracy.

About the author

Paromita Sanyal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Florida State University. She has written Credit to Capabilities: A Sociological Study of Microcredit Groups in India (Cambridge, 2014), which won an Outstanding Book Award from the American Sociological Association. Her work has also been published in leading sociology journals, including the American Sociological Review.Vijayendra Rao is Lead Economist in the Development Economics Research Group at The World Bank. He co-edited Culture and Public Action (2004), and co-authored Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? (2012). He has published in the leading journals in economics and development studies, and he is a member of the Successful Societies Program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Summary

A talk-centered qualitative analysis of three hundred Indian village assemblies, revealing how the deliberation between citizens in a mass democracy is influenced by state policy and literacy. Essential reading for those interested in participation, development, and deliberative democracy. This title is also available as Open Access.

Product details

• Authors: Vijayendra Rao, Vijayendra (The World Bank) Rao, Rao Vijayendra, Paromita Sanyal, Paromita (Cornell University Sanyal, Paromita (Florida State University) Sanyal, Paromita (Florida State University) Rao Sanyal, Sanyal Paromita
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107019744
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01974-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Theories of Institutional Design; Theories of Institutional Desi; Theories of Institutional Design; Theories of Institutional Desi
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, India, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Central / national / federal government, Political ideologies and movements, Central government