Local Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Resource Allocation

This article examines how political institutions and local power structures interact with and influence local public resource allocation in the Indian state of Karnataka. We use data from 80 village councils and 225 villages to examine how this local political economy influences the allocation of pu...

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Published in:	Economic development and cultural change 2012-04, Vol.60 (3), p.449-473
Main Authors:	Palaniswamy, Nethra, Krishnan, Nandini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	2006 Accountability Allokation Bargaining power Censuses Councils Dezentralisierung Economic change Economic development Elites Ethnic groups Hierarchy India Indien Institutionelle Infrastruktur Institutions Kommunalverwaltung Local Government Local politics Lokale öffentliche Güter Policy analysis Political institutions Political Power Political representation Political systems Politics Population mean Power Public Services Public works Regions Resource allocation Resources Social groups Soziale Schicht Studies Treaty lands Villages
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