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Democratic Decentralization and the Marginalized: The Case of Scheduled Tribes in Kerala
The major argument in favor of democratic decentralization had been that it multiplies the participation possibilities of traditionally marginalized segment of the population, and to effectively negotiate with local democratic institutions. However, neither the theoretical studies nor the empirical...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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KILA Journal of Local Governance
2015
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005911.pdf |
| Summary: | The major argument in favor of democratic
decentralization had been that it multiplies
the participation possibilities of
traditionally marginalized segment of the
population, and to effectively negotiate
with local democratic institutions.
However, neither the theoretical studies
nor the empirical evidences delivered
clear evidences so far to substantiate the
claim. Against this backdrop, the paper
mainly seeks to identify the inter-linkage
between the process of democratic
decentralization and participation
possibilities of the marginalized by
focusing on the Adivasis (STs) of rural
Kerala. Although there is a strong
positive correlation between the
reservation of seats and inclusion of
tribes in local governments, there is no
equity in capturing the new political
opportunities by different ethnic tribal
groups in Kerala. It has been further
attested that, a few socio- economically
and politically elite tribal groups cornered
the maximum benefit of tribal reservation,
and the under privileged and excluded
segments gained a little. |
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| Physical Description: | p.25- Vol.2, No.1 January-June 2015 |