Institutional Change and Power Asymmetry in the Context of Rural India

• Main Author: Patnaik, Amar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Welfare state.; Economic policy.; Public Policy.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Economic Policy.

This book explains how to bring about institutional change and foster new institutional structures (institution building) by resolving power inequities in a rural ecosystem in India, and advocates the identification of an appropriate institutional champion to make this happen. The book develops a po...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Literature Review and Experiential Observations
• Chapter 3 Ex-ante Framework & Research Questions
• Chapter 4 Research Methodology, Design and Methods
• Chapter 5 Emerging Framework & Model
• Chapter 6 Description and Analyses of the Cases
• Case I: The Thaku Ma of Tambakhuri - Bharati Kabi
• Case II: Total sanitation success of Bahalpur - Kumari Sahoo
• Case III : Aparajita, the architect of child rights at Bolaniposi
• Case IV: Bastina banishes alcoholism from Dasingbadi
• Chapter 7 Summary and Conclusions and significance of study
• Chapter 8 Limitations of the study and Future research.