Institutional Change and Power Asymmetry in the Context of Rural India
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Beschreibung
This book explains how to bring about institutional change and foster new institutional structures (institution building) by resolving power inequities in a rural ecosystem in India, and advocates the identification of an appropriate institutional champion to make this happen.
The book develops a power-asymmetry-based framework and argues that a champion with the right attributes and the 'ability’ to 'convene' people over a social issue can only succeed if he/she can resolve or reduce the deep-rooted societal power asymmetries within that community. It also presents four case studies that indicate how such social change is typically spread over a long period of time.
Explains why government-sponsored programmes/interventions fail to achieve the desired beneficiary buy-in and why success in ensuring participation in one village cannot be automatically and easily replicated in another Shows how to bring about institutional change in the rural context and how to foster such new institutional arrangements Examines informal institutions relating to power relations in a rural ecosystem and uses institutional change theories to change these power equations in the community
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Amar Patnaik
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