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100			_aJohn, M.S.
245			_aBuilding social capital through state initiative: participatory planning in Kerala
260			_c2002
300			_ap.1939-948.
362			_a18 May
520			_aWhile the people's planning programme that began in 1996 is credited for the proliferation of grass roots level institutions in Kerala, this only added to the dense network of associational life that was built up in the state through years of social mobilisation and concomitant state action. This paper, based on a study of a village panchayat in Kottayam, looks at the objectives and trends that characterised this `institutional revolution' and assesses its implications for social capital formation and the building up of a vibrant civil society capable of playing a vital role in local governance. - Reproduced.
650			_aSocial capital
700			_aChathukulam, Jos
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a52462
999			_c52462 _d52462