The promise of empowerment and democracy in India

Author(s)

• Narayan-Parker, Deepa

Bibliographic Information

The promise of empowerment and democracy in India

Deepa Narayan, editor

（Moving out of poverty, v. 3）

Palgrave Macmillan , World Bank, c2009

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

India has experienced accelerating growth in the last decade, yet why do millions of people remain mired in poverty? This book brings together the voices of the poor from villages in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, to understand how some people have managed to escape poverty while others have not.

Table of Contents

• Overview: The Moving Out of Poverty Study in India
• D.Narayan, B.Sen & K.Hull Understanding Mobility through Life Stories: Assets Gained and Lost
• D.Narayan, D.Nikitin & B.Richard Communities Where Poor People Prosper
• D.Narayan, S.Paul & P.Petesch Caste Dynamics and Mobility in Uttar Pradesh
• S.Kapoor, D.Narayan, N.Badgaiyan & S.Paul People's Organizations and Poverty Escapes in Rural Andhra Pradesh
• D.Narayan, G.Prennushi & S.Kapoor Agrarian Reform and Politics of the Middle Path: Poverty Dynamics in West Bengal
• K.Deininger, D.Narayan & B.Sen Who Benefits from Conflicts? Some Evidence from Assam
• D.Narayan, B.Sen & A.Varshney

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Details

• NCID: BA90605192
• ISBN:
  • 9780821378380
  • 9780821372173
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke,Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xxviii, 471 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA83828754