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Village secretaries (VSs) are civil servants designated by the government to fulfill services at the basic-level administration unit- district office. As a bridge between the government and public, VSs assist village directors to set administrative affairs of their villages/neighborhoods into action. However, whether the administrative operation is successful or not has much to do with the achievements of VSs, because they contact the most frequently with the public as the executive staff at the front line. Along with the transition of social environment, the increased extent of urbanization and the advance of information technology, the role and function of village secretary should be reinforced simultaneously to meet actual demands. This study investigates the role recognition, role expectation and role fulfillment of village secretary and related problems confronted by VSs in actual situations. Methodologies utilized in this study include institution investigation, literature review, and profundity interview. Conclusions and recommendations drawn from this study based on the integrated pointview of theory and practical run are expected to be useful for strengthening the function of village secretary, improving the quality of civil services and reaching further toward the goal of government reform. This thesis is comprised of six chapters. Statements pertaining to research objective, research subject and problem, theoretical basis and literature review, and research design and methodology are presented in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 discusses the understanding of organizational position of village by investigating the institutional transition of village/neighborhood. Chapter 3 discusses the role consciousness of village secretary. Chapter 4 describes the role expectation and functional operation of village secretary in details. Chapter 5 discussed the role fulfillment of village secretary and related problems confronted by VSs in actual situations. The last chapter, Chapter 6, summarizes the research findings and recommendations learnt from this study. Main findings of this study are summarized as follows: 1. As a communication bridge between the government and public, VSs did a good job on fulfilling the duty of servicing the people. 2. Contents of the duty and in-charge affairs of village secretary are excessively many and messy. The related standard operating procedure is not well established and unsuitable to meet actual need. 3. To effectively integrate and utilize the non-governmental resources, the public is encouraged to actively involve in solving public affairs within one¡¦s village/neighborhood. 4. To upgrade to have the efficiency concept of e-government, VSs need to take in-service training courses for improving their ability to use computer and information technology. 5. The duty and in-charge affairs of both village director and village secretary are highly overlapped, thus resulting in a phenomenon that one specific task was undertaken by two discordant persons simultaneously. 6. Due to the low post grade and limited personnel quota, the promotion channel of VSs is really narrow, thereby depressing the working morale of VSs tremendously. Recommendations from this study are summarized as follows: 1. The work items of VSs need to be flexibly adjusted and simplified. Related work scope should be demarcated as clear as possible. 2. It is recommended to upgrade the post grade of village secretary for purposes of inspiring their working morale, letting them embody themselves and keeping them enjoy in job.

Thesis--Belgrad. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-200).

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The emergence of broad rural support in West Bengal for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) is here studied through the history (1960 to present) of two villages in Burdwan district. The focus is on the relationship between the dynamics of village politics and political and ideological changes of the larger polity. Village politics constitutes an important realm of informal rules for political action and public participation where popular perceptions of wider political events and cultural changes are created. The communist mobilization of the late 1960s followed from an informal alliance formed between sections of the educated (and politicized) middle-class peasantry and certain groups (castes) of poor. The middle-class peasantry drew inspiration from Bengal's high-status and literary but radicalized tradition. However, the establishment and dynamics of the alliance, at the local level, can only be understood within the normative framework of the village. The poor appeared previously as marginal to public exercise of village affairs, but were nonetheless able to manipulate resources available to them (numbers, assertion, norms) and thus achieve some leverage vis-a-vis village leaders dependent on man-support or "moral economy" sentiments for legitimacy. The interests of these groups of poor, particularly of the social or cultural kind since the material resources available were very limited, became crucial in the bonds village leaders sought to create to retain their support. Following on this practice, also the CPM's local party leadership, in the 1980s and 1990s, consistently confirmed social aspirations and status considerations. This leads to the conclusions that not only do communist movements too depend on considerations of social status, honours, and symbolic displays of respect but that the scope for change and the manner in which the communist movement can function at the local level derive from popular perceptions, formed and enacted in villages.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Polytechnikē Scholē, Aristoteleiou Panepistēmiou Thessalonikēs. / "Epistēmonikē epetērida tēs Polytechnikēs Scholēs, Tmēma Architektonōn, Parart. ar. 1 tou 8ou tomou." Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-413).

Thesis--Belgrad. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-200).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.