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Political Economy of Panchayats in South India

Based on a study of some 500 villages in the four southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, this paper examines how the functioning of the panchayat system mandated by the 73rd amendment to the Constitution has had an impact on the economic status of villages and th...

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Prif Awdur: TIMOTHY BESLEY, ROHINI PANDE, VIJAYENDRA RAO
Fformat: Printed Book
Cyhoeddwyd: Economic and Political Weekly February 24, 2007 2007
Mynediad Ar-lein:http://10.26.1.76/ks/002089.pdf
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