data from a natural experiment in the state of Rajasthan in India, where a large national flagship project that mobilized … of India centrally managed other sub-regions. The study finds that the nature of top-down management had a large bearing … with similar financial performance. But centrally managed facilitators formed groups that were less likely to engage in …

This paper traces the evolution of deliberative institutions in India to understand the role of deliberation in …, on participatory democracy in India. The discussion then highlights the continued dialogue between Indian and Western …-sponsored deliberation in India - namely, village assemblies known as <italic>gram sabhas</italic> under the constitutionally mandated system …

, India, this paper opens the "black box" of deliberation to examine the gendered and status-based patterns of influence …

This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are …

This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and social status of village politicians, and how …

occurred between January and September 2003 in127 functioning village parliaments (gram sabhas) in Southern India. We exploit a … natural experiment in the arrangement of India's state borders across ethno-linguistic lines that led exogenously to increased … together, our results suggest that India's village parliaments, rather than being mere talking shops or being entirely captured …

concept using a limited sample, in the case of Bihar one of India’s poorest states where caste has been a persistent driver of …

discrimination against women as sources of knowledge---epistemic discrimination---in ordinary daily life in rural north India. The …