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Political Sociology of Poverty In India: Between Politics of Poverty and Poverty of Politics
Kumar, Anand - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper on political sociology of poverty in India is based upon the assumption that a) the caste system and … economic inequality complement each other in the case of the poorer sections of Indian society, b) Indian society has …
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Transparency and Accountability in Employment Programmes The case of NREGA in Andhra Pradesh
Burra, Neera - eSocialSciences - 2010
Based upon several field visits to the state of Andhra Pradesh to observe and analyse the social audit process initiated by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act this study finds that a new paradigm for the relationship between state agencies and...
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Inequality, Corruption, and Competition in the Presence of Market Imperfections
Dutta, Indranil; Mishra, Ajit - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper they analyze the relation between inequality, corruption and competition in a developing economy context … inequality can lead to an increase in corruption along with greater competition. [Research Paper No. 2005/46] …-input costs which they could avoid by bribing inspectors. Due to information asymmetry and wealth inequality, the credit market …
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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory
Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008
important, if often under-appreciated, steps to incorporate insights from social and political theory, but that these (hard …
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Women’s Economic Empowerment as the “Magic Potion†of Development?
Blumberg, Rae Lesser - eSocialSciences - 2008
Boosting women’s relative control of income and other economic resources has so many consequences that positively enhance both gender equality and development that female economic empowerment may be close to being a “magic potion.†[Paper presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of...
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Social Science Research Methods and Knowledge-Claims
Judge, Paramjit S - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper explores three important but interrelated issues: The power of example; the fragment as evidence; and finally, the field experience and the possibility of generalisation. These issues are central in the current discourse of social science practice in which serious doubts are being raised...
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Policy, Economic Federalism & Product Market Entry: The Indian Experience
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; … - eSocialSciences - 2007
Productivity growth has long been associated with, among others, contestability of markets which, in turn, is dependent on the ease with which potential competitors to the incumbent firms can enter the product market. There is a growing consensus that in emerging markets regulatory and...
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Informal Values and Formal Policies:A study of Japanese Technology Policy and Significance for India
Bhaduri, Saradindu; Chandra, Janashruti - eSocialSciences - 2008
understand how the various informal institutions (shared mental models) have influenced key dimensions of technology strategy …
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Dynamics of Irrigation Institutions: Case Study of a Village Panchayat in Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2006
working of irrigation institutions, the present study reveals that successful management of irrigation is contingent upon the … level of participation of the water users in the management. By comparing irrigation institutions under different property … institutions. It is found that albeit the physical characteristics of irrigation systems and the heterogeneities of the members of …
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Livelihood Risks and Coping Strategies: A Case Study in the Agrarian Village Of Cherumad, Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad in Kerala is examined. [WP no. 394].
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