Research Summary 24, Ambiguous Institutions: Traditional Governance and Local Democracy in Rural India, IDS Working Paper No. 282

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2007
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Governance and Conflict

Abstract

New research challenges the view that Customary Village Councils in India are bastions of caste and gender inequality. This paper highlights the variety of such councils, their dynamism and their increasing pluralism.

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Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies, 2 pp.

Research Summary 24, Ambiguous Institutions: Traditional Governance and Local Democracy in Rural India, IDS Working Paper No. 282

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Published 1 January 2007
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