Sarpanch raj: Is the President all powerful? The case of village councils in India

The policy of mandated representation (reservation) for disadvantaged social groups in Indian village councils or Gram Panchayats has been the subject of numerous studies. The implicit, and often unstated, assumption that underlies most of these studies is that the president of the council is the on...

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Published in:Policy File 2010
Main Author: Palaniswamy, Nethra
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Councils
Decision making
Disadvantaged
Government
Local government
Minority groups
Panchayats
Political power
Presidents
Social groups
Villages
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