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1	Dorfentwicklung und Dorfdemokratie in Indien Formen und Wirkungen von Community Development und Panchayati Raj detailliert am Beispiel eines Entwicklungsblocks und dreier Dörfer im östlichen Uttar Pradesh. Kantowsky, Detlef, January 1900 (has links) Habilitationsschrift--Constance. / Summary also in English. Bibliography: p. 147-[165]. Community development Panchayat
2	Poverty or plenty : innovative responses to population pressure in an eastern Nepalese Hill Community Dahal, Dilli R January 1983 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983. / Bibliography: leaves [345]-357. / Microfiche. / xv, 357 leaves, bound ill., maps 29 cm Malthusianism Barbote Guan Panchayat (Nepal) Barbote Guan Panchayat (Nepal)
3	The Panchayat tradition : a North Indian village council in transition, 1947-1962 / Zamora, Mario D., January 1992 (has links) Ph. D. thesis--Ithaca, N.Y.--Cornell university, 1963. / Bibliogr. p. [251]-255.
4	The ideology of Nepal's Panchayati Raj Smith, Thomas Burns January 1967 (has links) No description available. Panchayat -- Nepal. Nepal -- Politics and government.
5	The Muslim Elite’s Perceptions of Representation in Village Panchayats (councils) Towards Local Urban Authorities : An Explorative and Descriptive Case Study of the Muslim Elite’s Perceptions of Representation in Three Villages Towards the Local City Authorities of Lucknow Chinhat (چنهٹ) Block, Uttar Pradesh, India Larsson, Fredrik January 2016 (has links) No description available. representation Uttar Pradesh India Muslim panchayat Lucknow perceptions of representation Kymlicka minority group representation
6	Women's participation in the planning process : A case study of rural villages in the Uttarkashi district Sjöberg, Helena January 2017 (has links) Cities and villages are built by and for its inhabitants, and are designed to support different kind of lifestyles, needs and habits. In turn, urban and village planning and consequently its structures greatly influence the daily lives of the inhabitants of said structures. The relation between gender roles (and subsequent gender inequality), and planning processes is relevant, because the distribution of power affects the planning of communities and the resulting development. This is not limited to cities, but all planned settlements – rural as well as urban. The local instrument for rural development in India is the gram panchayat, a local council where inhabitants can propose developments for their village, if voted through, where these projects are organized and implemented. In India, women and men are not able to lead equal lives. When a society is unequal, inequality can manifest itself throughout structures in society – physical as well as nonphysical. Since culture is a set of rules for how to live in a society, treating men and women differently has to be a part of these rules (or at least not contested) for an unequal society to remain the same. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the present gender roles in the Indian culture affect the participation of women in the gram panchayat, and how this affects the development of rural villages. In order to investigate this issue, a literature study was conducted to understand India as a country, its culture and gram panchayat system, and knowledge of gender roles present in the Indian society. Interviews were held with representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations in order to gain additional information about the Indian culture, gender roles and living circumstances in the rural parts of Uttarakhand. The case study consists of field studies in rural villages in the Uttarkashi district, where women were interviewed regarding their participation in the gram panchayats i.e. the local planning process. The results of the study show that there are gender roles present in the Indian culture which are mostly shown through a clear division in responsibilities between women and men in India. Results from the literature study and the interviews indicate that these gender roles have their roots in religion, mainly Hinduism since it is the dominant religion in India. In the rural villages in the case study, this division in responsibilities mean that some women are not participating in the planning process because they do not have the time, and sometimes they are not called to the gram panchayat meetings at all. There were however women in both villages from the field studies who participated. The results are inconclusive regarding whether the participation of women in the planning process affects the resulting development in the villages. However, some researchers argue that equality between the genders contributes positively to overall development. Gender planning rural interview panchayat India Other Civil Engineering Annan samhällsbyggnadsteknik
7	Explaining Enforcement Mechanisms in Collaborative Natural Resource Governance: A Study of Cases of Van Panchayats from Central Himalayan Region, India Gupta, Divya January 2014 (has links) No description available. Environmental Studies Forestry Natural Resource Management
8	Does deliberative participation matter? : political economy of provision of local public health goods in rural India Padvetnaya, Vivek January 2017 (has links) Access to basic water and sanitation services, the local public health goods, is a human right and a public health necessity. Provision of these services is typically devolved to Local Governments to ensure they correspond to the local needs. In rural India, such a correspondence is sub-optimal, with high local needs and poor provision by the Local Governments (Panchayats). The citizen participation in Panchayat's public deliberative meetings (Grama Sabha) is weak. The community context is characterised by social fragmentation and high socio-economic inequality. This research examined, whether and how better deliberative participation in Panchayat meetings was associated with better provision of these services by the Panchayats. The research used a three-staged systematic sampling method. Using correlational field survey design it gathered primary data from 99 panchayats in Karnataka State, and from 99 villages and 396 individuals within these Panchayats. Factor analytic and multivariate regression techniques were used to analyse the data in the statistical software, StataÂ® v.13. Results suggest, better Grama Sabha meetings (that were convened more frequently, attended by a higher number of people with better representativeness, where discussions approximate to the deliberative norms: reciprocal, pro-social and accountable; and decisions taken have a common good orientation) were associated with better provision of water and sanitation services by the Panchayat. Further analysis suggested two possible explanations for this association: First, the individuals who participated more frequently in deliberative meetings of the Panchayat and where discussions approximated to the deliberative norms; were associated with: • Better information on availability and accessibility to services; • Better external political efficacy, a perception of greater responsiveness of the Panchayat to their needs and their efforts to influence it; and hence engage evenly in discussions; • Better sense of community, a greater willingness to cooperate and coordinate, to find mutual needs and seek convergence when they are heterogeneous. Above findings suggest, in a participatory setting, these individuals can be associated with better capability to collectively engage; to articulate, communicate and identify the mostii common of their service needs and frame it as a collective demand, through policy objective, for provision by the Panchayats. Second, better Grama Sabha meetings were associated with better rule of law in policy administration at the Panchayat level. This suggests, rule-bound conversion of policy objectives into actual service outputs; a reflection of responsiveness and accountability of the bureaucratic action in achieving administrative commitment to the legislative goals. In conclusion, better deliberative participation can be associated with better capability of the individuals to engage in collective action. This can improve the correspondence between the needs and the provision; by strengthening individuals' collective demand for the services and by improving the responsiveness of the Panchayat in the supply of these services.
9	Livelihood assets and survival strategies in coastal communities in Kerala, India Divakarannair, Nandakumar 30 November 2007 (has links) Marine fish stocks are under serious threat of depletion due to increasing numbers of resource users with competing interests, resulting in degradation and the decline of fish catch. Using qualitative and quantitative techniques such as in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, household surveys and remote sensing and GIS, this study addresses: (1) the complex and inter-related nature of resource dependency, (2) the role of assets in determining survival strategies of households in artisanal fishing communities in Ponnani, India, (3) how asset degradation impacts resource-dependent households, (4) how households develop survival strategies, and (5) considers access to social, political, physical, human and financial assets. Information is organized using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) with modifications to suite the local complexities. Results show that households - engaged in diverse activities, including fishing, fish processing/marketing/culture and daily labour - evolved property rights of natural resources over generations. The Pathemari cargo business’s limited knowledge of fisheries compared to artisanal fishers, and the government led modernization resulted in resource degradation. Therefore, artisanal fishers living in coastal wards threatened by intense erosion, abandoned traditional occupations in pursuit of livelihood security. Results from image analysis and derived thematic maps indicate increased erosion of 0.35 sq km shoreline coinciding with government development initiatives. To improve livelihood options, the results indicate that 50% surveyed accessed political assets such as fishers’ cooperatives and only 20% accessed financial assets such as government sponsored schemes and loans. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions revealed many limiting factors of access, specifically marginalization and lack of financial assets: only 6% surveyed could raise enough money to migrate. With changes in technology, from harvesting to processing, gender roles are being radically altered. Women are losing jobs and income. Politically, the study revealed that local participation helped governing bodies prioritize on housing, roads, water and sanitation. Analysis of the information through the modified SLF suggests three strategies to enhance the asset base of coastal poor: strengthening grassroots organizations; transforming state relations; and developing new alternatives to conventional coastal development practice. Finally, the study suggests resource management policies to improve the households’ livelihood options and well-being. Artisanal fishing Fishing communities Livelihoods Livelihood strategies Kerala India Natural resources Resource dependency Fish resources Marine fish stocks Resource depletion Resource degradation Ponnani Malappuram In-depth interview Focus group discussion Household survey Remote sensing GIS Multi-method Sustainable Livelihoods Framework Property righrts Pathemari Chapa Livelihood security Panchayat Gender Decentralized planning Qualitative methods Poverty Well-being Occupational diversification Small-scale fishing Caste system Human assets Political assets Social assets Physical assets Financial assets Push factors Vulnerability

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