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Participatory Pathways: People's Participation in Development Initiatives

Participatory Pathways: People

Author(s):
  • Rajiv Balakrishnan
    • Author: Rajiv Balakrishnan
    • ISBN:9788131700341
    • Price: Rs. 600.00
    • Pages:292
    • Imprint:Longman
    • Binding:Paperback
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    While ‘participation’ has been part of development discourse since the 1960s, it has generally referred to people’s involvement in particular projects or programmes. But now participation is regarded as an overall development strategy integral to people-centred growth—a route by which the energies of the common people can be tapped to build strategies of tackling development-related issues. People are, thus, closely involved in the social, cultural, economic and political processes affecting their lives and have constant access to decision-making and power. Covering topics like grassroots governance, gender and ethics, enabling frameworks, and participatory

    planning, this book draws attention to participation’s promise while reminding the reader of the need to take cognizance of the obstacles in the way. This volume will guide initiatives and help create awareness of the kinds of issues that need to be tackled, provide a grassroots perspective of the promise and perils of participatory pathways along with a glimpse of the role people’s participation can play in building a better world.

    Table of Content

    Part I: Introduction
    1. People’s Participation: Potentials, Propellants and Pitfalls
    Part II: Grassroots Goverance
    1. Restructuring the Polity with Panchayati Raj as a Cutting Edge: Background, Issues and Ground Realities
    2. Decentralised Governance and Planning in Karnataka: A Historical Review
    3. Primary Health Care Under Panchayati Raj in Gujrat: Percertions of Health Services Staff
    4. Three-tier Panchayati Raj in the Punjab after the 73rd Amendment: An Analysis
    5. Decentralization and Local Governance: Country Experiences in Asia and Africa
    Part III: Ethical Isues/ Gender Concerns
    1. Of Women, Politics and Panchayats
    2. Women in Local Governance: Macro Myths, and Micro Realities
    3. Gender, Conflict and HIV or How to Address a SubjectNo One Wants to Hear About
    Part IV: Enabling Frameworks
    1. Land Development in India and China: Imperatives for Institutional Change
    2. Managing Tank Cascades in Southern India: Conditions for Collective Action
    Part V: Participatory Planning
    1. Im My Own Back Yard: Participatory Well-being Assessment in Suburban Britain
    2. The Confidence to Interact
    3. Behaviour and Attitudes: A Missing Link in Agricultural Science
    4. Towards Assessing Carrying Capacity: A Parcipatory Endeavour