The Accommodation of Democracy - 9780197813157

Name: The Accommodation of Democracy - 9780197813157
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc

Oxford University Press Inc

The Accommodation of DemocracyA New Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation in Rural India\nAuthor(s): Thibaud Marcesse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197813157, 978-0197813157\nSynopsis\nIn The Accommodation of Democracy, Thibaud Marcesse investigates the implementation of a large poverty alleviation program, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme or NREGS, in Uttar Pradesh, one of India's poorest and most populated states. The product of legislation passed by India's parliament in 2005, NREGS is unique in that it creates an employment guarantee for all rural citizens to 100 days of work at a statutory wage rate. It is also the embodiment of a push to democratize local government in India and to empower citizens to make claims on the state. But, as the author argues, the implementation of NREGS has varied significantly, both among Indian states, and at the local level within the d.