ISSN (Print) - 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846

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Social Capital, Panchayats and Grass Roots Democracy

Politics of Dalit Assertion in Uttar Pradesh

A study of the new panchayats of UP provides an opportunity for understanding the role played by social capital in the functioning of democratic institutions in segmented societies. A key finding of the study in two districts of UP, Meerut and Azamgarh, is that segmentation arising out of caste/class divisions is a significant contextual variable in determining the development of trust, social capital between groups and democratic functioning.

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