01078pab a2200181 454500 180718b2005 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Mukhopadhyay, Amitabh Accountability and communicative action: an alternative imaginary 2005 p.5463-546. 24 Dec The campaign for democratic decentralisation in Kerala was no doubt sagacious, participative and vigorously implemented. However, there was no audit certification to vouch for expenditure incurred or to counter allegations of "decentralised corruption". Social audit as communicative action - drawing on the experience of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in the conduct of jan sunwais (public hearings) in Rajasthan - can help foreground the pretext of accountability and unleash the energies of people to establish accountability in local bodies. - Reproduced. Accountability - India - Kerala Decentralization - India - Kerala Decentralization Economic and Political Weekly 68337 68337 68337 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 40, Issue no: 52 AR68793 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR