Essays about: "panchayati raj system"

Found 3 essays containing the words panchayati raj system.

  1. 1. Democracy and Tourism in Madhya Pradesh : A case study on participatory democracy and the effects of Eco-tourism in Satpura Tiger Reserve.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Anders Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Satpura tiger reserve; Participatory democracy; Panchayati raj; Displacements; Madhya Pradesh; Madhai; Pachmarhi; eco-tourism; social and economic impact tourism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the possible influence that local communitieshas over the development of eco-tourism in Madhya Pradesh. Interviews with people invillages around the Satpura Tiger Reserve have shown several failings of the Panchayatiraj system as well as testimonies of violation of human and democratic rights inconnection to displacements that occurred. READ MORE

  3. 2. 'THE TWO-SIDED FAMILY' : THE IMPACT OF THE FAMILY AND EVERYDAY LIFE ON WOMEN?S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN RURAL KARNATAKA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Louise Nolle; [2007]
    Keywords : India; women; political participation; the family; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study has been to explore the impact of everyday life and the family on women's political participation in India. This has been done by analysing the political life stories of nine women who have all been elected to the local governance system, Panchayati Raj, in the South Indian state of Karnataka. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women in the Panchayats - A study of gender structures and the impact of the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Redlund; [2005]
    Keywords : Quotas; Reservation; India; Gender; Empowerment; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 1993 the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force, affecting the Indian rural governing bodies, the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The Amendment, at focal point for this thesis, provides a 33% reservation for women as members and as chairperson in the PRI's three-tier system. READ MORE