Participatory Pathways: People's Participation in Development Initiatives

292 Pages·2007·3.117 MB·English

by  Rajiv Balakrishnan

Participatory
Pathways
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Participatory
Pathways
People’s Participation in
Development Initiatives
edited by
Rajiv Balakrishnan
An imprint of Pearson Education
Copyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

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The traffic light was red, and the stretch of road facing it
clogged with vehicles that spewed out noxious fumes. An
elderly lady, shabby and unkempt, but with an air of sad
dignity, threaded her way through this throng, her palms
outstretched, hoping for a few coins to keep body and soul
together.
This book is for her and all those like her — the wretched,
the forgotten, the legion of the damned. May their out-
stretched palms receive the power to forge their own des-
tinies, to participate in building pathways to better lives.
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Contents
List of Abbreviations
ix
Preface
xi
I Introduction
Chapter 1 People’s Participation: Potentials, Propellants and Pitfalls
Rajiv Balakrishnan 3
II Grassroots Governance
Chapter 2 Restructuring the Polity with Panchayati Raj as a
CuttingEdge: Background, Issues and Ground Realities
George Mathew 39
Chapter 3 Decentralised Governance and Planning in Karnataka:
AHistorical Review N. Sivanna 54
Chapter 4 Primary Health Care Under Panchayati Raj in Gujarat:
Perceptions of Health Services Staff Dileep Mavalankar
and Vinubhai M. Patel 79
Chapter 5 Three-tier Panchayati Raj in the Punjab after the
73rd Amendment: An Analysis Sukhdev Singh 93
Chapter 6 Decentralisation and Local Governance: Country
Experiences in Asia and Africa K.V. Sundaram 101
III Ethical Issues/Gender Concerns
Chapter 7 Of Women, Politics and Panchayats Nirantar 113
Chapter 8 Women in Local Governance: Macro Myths,
and Micro Realities Mukta Banerjee 128
Chapter 9 Gender, Conflict and HIV or How to Address a Subject
No One Wants to Hear About Alice Welbourn 142
IV Enabling Frameworks
Chapter 10 Land Development in India and China: Imperatives for
Institutional Change Amita Shah 161
Chapter 11 Managing Tank Cascades in Southern India: Conditions
for Collective Action V. S. Saravanan 181
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V Participatory Planning
Chapter 12 In My Own Back Yard: Participatory Well-being
Assessment in Suburban Britain Andrea Cornwall 205
Chapter 13 The Confidence to Interact Tony Gibson 228
Chapter 14 Behaviour and Attitudes: AMissing Link in Agricultural
Science Robert Chambers 240
Chapter 15 Towards Assessing Carrying Capacity: AParticipatory
Endeavour Nira Ramachandranand
H. Ramachandran 253
About the Editor and Contributors 266
Index 271
List of Abbreviations
BDO — Block Development Officer MTFF — Madurai Tank Farmers
Federation
CDHO — Chief District Health Officer
NGO — Non-governmental Organisation
CDP — Community Development
Programme OBC — Other Backward Class
CHC — Community Health Centre PHC — Primary Health Centre
CIDA — Canadian International PLDP — Panchayat-Level Development
Development Agency Planning
CPR — Common-Pool Resources PPA — Participatory Poverty Assessment
CSD — Council for Social Development PRA — Participatory Rural Appraisal
DDC — District Development Council PRADAN — Professional Assistance
for Development Action
DDO — District Development Officer
PRI — Panchayati Raj Institution
DHAN — Development of Humane
Action PWD — Public Works Department
DRDA — District Rural Development RCC — Rural Capital Construction
Agency RPA — Rapid Participatory Appraisal
DWCRA — Development of Women and SEWA — Self-Employed Women’s
Children in Rural Areas Organisation
EWR — Elected Women Representative SFDA — Small Farmers Development
FLC — Farmland Capital Construction Agency
FFDA — Fish Farmers Development SRH — Sexual and Reproductive Health
Agency STI — Sexually Transmitted Infection
IIM — Indian Institute of Management SWC — Soil–Water Conservation
IPID — Institute for Participatory TDB — Taluk development board
Interaction in Development
TNFD — Tamil Nadu Forest Department
IRDP — Integrated Rural development
VAO — Village Administrative Officer
Programme
VLW — Village-Level Worker
ISST — Institute for Social Sciences Trust
WA — Watershed Association
JRY — Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
WCPs — Water Conservancy Programmes
KTIS — Kumarasamudiram Tank
Irrigators Society WDP — Watershed Development
Programme
KUIS — Kuppidacheri Tank Irrigators
Society WRO — Water Resources Organisation
KVP — Kunnarampatty Village WUA — Water Users Associations
Panchayat