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Power Asymmetries: Operationalizing Accountability in MGNERGA Through the Lens of Samaj Parivartan Shakti Sangathan (Record no. 207624)

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Personal name Anognya Parthsarathy
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Title Power Asymmetries: Operationalizing Accountability in MGNERGA Through the Lens of Samaj Parivartan Shakti Sangathan
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Bangalore
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2020
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Formatted contents note Contents<br/>Abbreviations vii;<br/>List of Tables viii;<br/>List of Illustrations ix;<br/>Acknowledgments x;<br/>1. Introduction 1;<br/>2. Background 3;<br/>2.1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 3;<br/>2.2 Samaj Parivartan Shakti Sangathan 5;<br/>2.2.1 Methodology 5 2.2.2 Trade Union 7;<br/>3. Literature Review 8;<br/>3.1 Conceptualising Accountability 9;<br/>3.1.1 Answerability 9;<br/>3.1.2 Enforceability 10;<br/>3.1.3 The Trajectory of Accountability 10;<br/>3.1.3.1 Around the World 10;<br/>3.1.3.2 Accountability in India 11;<br/>3.1.4 Summary 12;<br/>3.2 Conceptualising Power 12;<br/>3.2.1 Stephen Luke’s ‘Conceptual Map of Power’ 13;<br/>3.2.2 Ideological Power 14;<br/>3.3 Locating Power in Accountability 14;<br/>3.3.1 MGNREGA and Power 15;<br/>3.3.2 Social Accountability and Power 16;<br/>3.4 Operationalising Accountability 17;<br/>3.4.1 Information 18;<br/>3.4.1.1 How can Information Translate into Action? 18;<br/>3.4.2 Transparency 19;<br/>3.4.2.1 Linking Transparency and Accountability 20;<br/>3.4.3 Jonathan Fox’s Typology of Power 21;<br/>3.5 Limitations of Accountability Mechanisms within MGNREGA 22;<br/>4. Study Rationale 24;<br/>4.1 Research Gap 24;<br/>4.2 Research Problem 24;<br/>4.3 Research Questions 24;<br/>4.4 Research Objectives 25;<br/>4.5 Policy Relevance 25;<br/>5. Research Methodology 27;<br/>5.1 Overview 27;<br/>5.2 Data Collection 27;<br/>5.2.1 Primary Research 27;<br/>5.2.2 Secondary Research 28;<br/>5.3 Data Analysis 29;<br/>5.3.1 Deconstructing the Data 29;<br/>5.3.2 Conceptual Framework 30;<br/>5.3.2.1 Research Question one 30;<br/>5.3.2.2 Research Question two 31;<br/>5.3.3 Analysing the Data 31;<br/>5.4 Ethical Considerations 32;<br/>5.4.1 Reflexivity and Ethics 32;<br/>5.5 Limitations 33;<br/>6. Findings and Analysis 34;<br/>6.1 Foregrounding SPSS 34;<br/>6.2 Impact of Differing Operationalisations of Accountability 36;<br/>6.2.1 Overview 36;<br/>6.2.2 How do you define accountability? 36;<br/>6.2.2.1 SPSS Members and MGNREGA Workers 36;<br/>6.2.2.2 Implementing Agencies 41;<br/>6.2.2.3 Elected Representatives 43;<br/>6.3 How does the organisation you’re affiliated with practice accountability? 44;<br/>6.3.1 SPSS 45;<br/>6.3.2 Implementing Agencies 46;<br/>6.3.3 Elected Representatives 48;<br/>6.4 Impact of Differing Operationalisations of Accountability on MGNREGA 49;<br/>6.5 Impact of Differing Operationalisations of Accountability on Power-Relations 50;<br/>6.5.1 SPSS and the Gram Panchayat 51;<br/>6.5.2 SPSS and the Government (block and district) 52;<br/>6.5.3 Within SPSS 53;<br/>6.5.3.1 Sociological differences within SPSS 53;<br/>6.5.3.2 Form versus Individual 54;<br/>6.6 Why is it important to examine SPSS? 54;<br/>6.6.1 Policy Relevance 55;<br/>6.6.1.1 Registering as a Trade Union 56;<br/>6.6.1.2 Apprehensions about Formality 57;<br/>6.6.1.3 Scaling up 57;<br/>6.6.1.4 Politics 58;<br/>7 Conclusion 59;<br/>Appendix;<br/>i. Repository of Accountability Definitions 60;<br/>ii. When might information generate citizen action 61;<br/>iii. Reflexivity in Fieldwork: A Personal Account 62;<br/>References 67;<br/>End-Notes 73.<br/>
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