Grounding the state: Devolution and development in India's Panchayats

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 937-970

  Johnson, Craig ^a   Deshingkar, Priya ^b   Start, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVOLUTION; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RURAL POLITICS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23944471178     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380500155197     Document Type: Article

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