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100 _aMathew, George
245 _aPanchayati raj institutions and human rights in India
260 _c2003
300 _ap.155-62.
362 _a11 Jan
520 _aThe institutionalisation of panchayati raj systems since the 1990s that has added greater momentum to the decentralisation process has also had deeper implications for the human rights situation in India. Even as the democratic process has been extended, changes in traditional society have involved conflict. This article argues however that as isolation of villages is forever broken by inroads of media, technology and spatial mobility, the new panchayat system will only help weave the village into the broader social fabric. It is with increasing democratisation and intervention of civil society institutions that concern for human rights will assume its rightful place alongside a vibrant democracy.- Reproducced.
650 _aHuman rights - India
650 _aPanchayat - India
650 _aPanchayat
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
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