This paper deals with the impact of irrigation on agrarian change and local politics in the period, 1960 to 1996 in the … from canal irrigation, strengthened the position of the dominant castes/classes, small and middle peasantry continued to … points to a policy implication: irrigation alone, without agrarian reform, cannot lead to progressive change and for more …

This article argues that decentralisation in India should be seen as a policy process. It is a policy process in the … sense that multiple actors, and agencies influence the decentralisation process at all levels of the polity. While this may … appear obvious, regarding decentralisation as a policy process requires: a) analysis of this process not at one level or as …