Unpacking participatory democracy : from theory to practice
Unpacking participatory democracy : from theory to practice
edited by Aruna Roy and Suchi Pande
- Hyderabad : Orient BlackSwan, ©2025
- xii, 267 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Culture and Democracy 2. Social Accountability through Decentralisation 3. From the ‘Right to Information’ to ‘People’s Data Rights’
The Digital Frontier for Participatory Democracy 4. Desiderata 5. Poor Implementation of ‘Power to the People’ in Urban Areas
A Case Study of Karnataka 6. Including the Excluded 7. Notes on Building Democracy in Rural India 8. Building a Culture of Democracy
Brick by Brick 9. Including the Wisdom of Pastoral Peoples in India’s Democracy 10. Participatory Democracy
How Did it All Go Wrong? 11. Right to Information
Curtailed Illegally and Unconstitutionally 12. Before Corona Infected the Indefinite Protests
The (Il)legal Story behind Shaheen Bagh 13. Participatory Democracy and Institutional Amnesia
India
Unpacking Participatory Democracy offers some ‘inclusive’ approaches to the ideas of development and democracy. This volume brings together a range of practitioners who have spent decades building organisations and collectives that engage with the practice of democracy, in pursuit of equality and justice. Together, they explore the realities of democratic practice, and combine theoretical perspectives with empirical case studies.
9789369736706
Political Science -- Democracy
Equality
Jusitce
323 / ROY-U
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Culture and Democracy 2. Social Accountability through Decentralisation 3. From the ‘Right to Information’ to ‘People’s Data Rights’
The Digital Frontier for Participatory Democracy 4. Desiderata 5. Poor Implementation of ‘Power to the People’ in Urban Areas
A Case Study of Karnataka 6. Including the Excluded 7. Notes on Building Democracy in Rural India 8. Building a Culture of Democracy
Brick by Brick 9. Including the Wisdom of Pastoral Peoples in India’s Democracy 10. Participatory Democracy
How Did it All Go Wrong? 11. Right to Information
Curtailed Illegally and Unconstitutionally 12. Before Corona Infected the Indefinite Protests
The (Il)legal Story behind Shaheen Bagh 13. Participatory Democracy and Institutional Amnesia
India
Unpacking Participatory Democracy offers some ‘inclusive’ approaches to the ideas of development and democracy. This volume brings together a range of practitioners who have spent decades building organisations and collectives that engage with the practice of democracy, in pursuit of equality and justice. Together, they explore the realities of democratic practice, and combine theoretical perspectives with empirical case studies.
9789369736706
Political Science -- Democracy
Equality
Jusitce
323 / ROY-U