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Oral democracy : deliberation in Indian village assemblies / Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao.
Author
Sanyal, Paromita
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Description
1 online resource (xi, 215 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Gram sabha
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India
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Direct democracy
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India
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India
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Politics and government
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21st century
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Discourse analysis
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Political aspects
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Author
Rao, Vijayendra
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Series
Theories of institutional design
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Summary note
Oral Democracy studies citizens' voices in civic and political deliberations in India's gram sabhas (village assemblies), the largest deliberative institution in human history. It analyses nearly three hundred transcripts of gram sabhas, sampled within the framework of a natural experiment, allowing the authors to study how state policy affects the quality of discourse, citizens' discursive performances and state enactments embodied by elected leaders and public officials. By drawing out the varieties of speech apparent in citizen and state interactions, their analysis shows that citizens' oral participation in development and governance can be improved by strengthening deliberative spaces through policy. Even in conditions of high inequality and illiteracy, gram sabhas can create discursive equality by developing the 'oral competence' of citizens and establishing a space in which they can articulate their interests. The authors develop the concept of 'oral democracy' to aid the understanding of deliberative systems in non-Western and developing countries. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jan 2019).
Contents
Discursive Political Culture
Political Construction, State Enactments, And Citizen Performances
The Role Of Literacy In Deliberative Democracy
Conclusion : Oral Democracy.
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ISBN
9781139095716 (ebook)
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Oral democracy : deliberation in Indian village assemblies / Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao. [electronic resource]
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