Dignity through Discourse : Poverty and the Culture of Deliberation in Indian Village Democracies

Dignity through Discourse : Poverty and the Culture of Deliberation in Indian Village Democracies

Employing a view of culture as a communicative phenomenon involving discursive engagement, the authors argue that the struggle to break free of poverty is as much a cultural process as it is political and economic. The authors analyze public meetings in Indian village democracies, gram sabhas, where...

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Main Authors: Rao, Vijayendra, Sanyal, Paromita
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Formal and Informal Sectors
Shadow Economy
Institutional Arrangements O170
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Economic Sociology
Economic Anthropology
Social and Economic Stratification Z130
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4861

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