Dignity through Discourse : Poverty and the Culture of Deliberation in Indian Village Democracies

Employing a view of culture as a communicative phenomenon involving discursive engagement, the authors argue that the struggle to break free of poverty is as much a cultural process as it is political and economic. The authors analyze public meetings in Indian village democracies, gram sabhas, where...

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Main Authors: Rao, Vijayendra, Sanyal, Paromita
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4861