Read more
Klappentext 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 democratisation and highlights the growing demands for participation and the complex power structures interjecting them. The contributors to this volume discuss issues relating to institutional structures and the dynamics of local governance in a changing socio-economic environment that panchayati raj in India and village committee system in China represent. In addition to the political economy of rural areas! they also focus on the role of gender! caste! class! ethnicity and religion in local political processes. This volume closely studies the resultant grass-roots political experiences in these countries from an interdisciplinary perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 - Bidyu...
