Dignity through discourse: Poverty and the culture of deliberation in indian village democracies

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 629, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-172

  Rao, Vijayendra ^a   Sanyal, Paromita ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Deliberative democracy; Gram sabha; India; Panchayat; Poverty; Village democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952347703     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209357402     Document Type: Article

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