Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: The War on Poverty from the Grass Roots Up -- Part I. Battles over Community Action -- "This Government Is with Us": Lyndon Johnson and the Grassroots War on Poverty -- "To Challenge the Status Quo by Any Means": Community Action and Representational Politics...

The Gandhian idea of governance and development at the community level is a people-centered approach that combines a number of activities to ensure people (rural people) access to relevant information so that they shall collaborate and participate in development. Through information and...