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Democracy of the Oppressed
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311

Democracy of the Oppressed

The book revisits the concepts of “the new politics of welfare” and “Adivasi and Indigenous livelihoods”, situating the existing body of knowledge of these subjects within the context of state policy and the socio-cultural developments witnessed in India after independence, specifically the impact of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) in the Adivasi/ Indigenous areas. Since India’s independence, the major challenge before the State has been how to provide employment to the vast amount of unskilled labour in rural areas. In order to examine the functioning of institutions under MGNREGA in a tribal community of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, this book...

The Political Lives of Information
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 277

The Political Lives of Information

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-10-04
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

How the definition, production, and leveraging of information are shaped by caste, class, and gender, and the implications for development. Information, says Janaki Srinivasan, has fundamentally reshaped development discourse and practice. In this study, she examines the history of the idea of “information” and its political implications for poverty alleviation. She presents three cases in India—the circulation of price information in a fish market in Kerala, government information in information kiosks operated by a nonprofit in Puducherry, and a political campaign demanding a right to information in Rajasthan—to explore three uses of information to support goals of social change. C...

The RTI Story: Power to the People
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 457

The RTI Story: Power to the People

Aruna Roy resigned from the IAS in 1975 to work with peasants and workers in rural Rajasthan. In 1990 she helped co-found the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS). The MKSS struggles in the mid 90s for wages and other rights gave birth to the now celebrated Right to Information movement. Aruna continues to be a part of many democratic struggles and campaigns. This book is a collective history that tells the story of how ordinary people can come together and prevail against great odds, to make democracy more meaningful.

Power and Contestation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 266

Power and Contestation

1989 marks the unraveling of India's 'Nehruvian Consensus' around the idea of a modern, secular nation with a self-reliant economy. Caste and religion have come to play major roles in national politics. Global economic integration has led to conflict between the state and dispossessed people, but processes of globalization have also enabled new spaces for political assertion, such as around sexuality. Older challenges to the idea of India continue from movements in Kashmir and the North-East, while Maoist insurgency has deepened its bases. In a world of American Empire, India as a nuclear power has abandoned non-alignment, a shift that is contested by voices within. Power and Contestation shows that the turbulence and turmoil of this period are signs of India's continued vibrancy and democracy. The book is an ideal introduction to the complex internal histories and external power relations of a major global player for the new century.

About Your Right to Information (Simplified)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

About Your Right to Information (Simplified)

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-01-02
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  • Publisher: Shalu Nigam

This book is about the right to know. It seeks to answer the `what', `when', `where', and `how' of the right to information law in India. It also looks at the experiences since the law has been formulated besides examining some of the decisions by the Information Commission established under the RTI law.

Blacked Out
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

Blacked Out

  • Categories: Law

Nearly forty years ago the US Congress passed the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) giving the public the right to government documents. This 'right to know' has been used over the past decades to challenge overreaching Presidents and secretive government agencies. The example of transparency in government has served as an example to nations around the world spawning similar statutes in fifty-nine countries. This 2006 book examines the evolution of the move toward openness in government. It looks at how technology has aided the disclosure and dissemination of information. The author tackles the question of whether the drive for transparency has stemmed the desire for government secrecy and discusses how many governments ignore or frustrate the legal requirements for the release of key documents. Blacked Out is an important contribution during a time where profound changes in the structure of government are changing access to government documents.

Passion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 108

Passion

"PASSION" a compilation of feelings and emotions connected with various souls. The anthology is composed with different kinds of write-ups which writers have filled with their various dreams, passion, thoughts and emotions. The writers have inked the depth of their heart, mind and soul through this project. It's a collection of 50+ authors they are trying to express how they passion and dreams. You may even find different kinds of passion and dreams in this collection. Give it a read to find out!

Democracy and Transparency in the Indian State
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 259

Democracy and Transparency in the Indian State

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-03-24
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The enactment of the national Right to Information (RTI) Act in 2005 has been produced, consumed, and celebrated as an important event of democratic deepening in India both in terms of the process that led to its enactment (arising from a grassroots movement) and its outcome (fundamentally altering the citizen--state relationship). This book proposes that the explanatory factors underlying this event may be more complex than imagined thus far. The book discusses how the leadership of the grassroots movement was embedded within the ruling elite and possessed the necessary resources as well as unparalleled access to spaces of power for the movement to be successful. It shows how the democratis...

NREGA and Quality of Life of Beneficiaries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 126

NREGA and Quality of Life of Beneficiaries

With NREGA scheme India embarked on an ambitious attempt to battle poverty by guaranteeing employment to those who demand work. It also aims at transforming the rural areas by scaling up the quality of life of people with guaranteed minimum wages and capital formation within rural economies which can redress poverty and boost overall development in the country.This Book focuses on the positive impacts NREGA brought into the households with the wage payment availed by its beneficiaries. Impact of NREGA scheme on the overall quality of life of its beneficiaries is been examined here by gauging different indicators associated with the improvement of overall quality of life. The indicators assessed are impact on economic condition, purchasing power and consumption of food and non-food items, health & nutrition, education of children, household and cultivable asset's creation, social life of beneficiaries in terms of their participation in social and religious programmes and organizations and impact on out migration. Findings reveal that NREGA has brought changes in the lives of beneficiaries especially in their purchasing power and consumption pattern.