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100			_aAnognya Parthsarathy
245		0	_aPower Asymmetries: Operationalizing Accountability in MGNERGA Through the Lens of Samaj Parivartan Shakti Sangathan
260			_aBangalore _bNLSIU _c2020
300			_a73p.
505			_aContents Abbreviations vii; List of Tables viii; List of Illustrations ix; Acknowledgments x; 1. Introduction 1; 2. Background 3; 2.1 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 3; 2.2 Samaj Parivartan Shakti Sangathan 5; 2.2.1 Methodology 5 2.2.2 Trade Union 7; 3. Literature Review 8; 3.1 Conceptualising Accountability 9; 3.1.1 Answerability 9; 3.1.2 Enforceability 10; 3.1.3 The Trajectory of Accountability 10; 3.1.3.1 Around the World 10; 3.1.3.2 Accountability in India 11; 3.1.4 Summary 12; 3.2 Conceptualising Power 12; 3.2.1 Stephen Luke’s ‘Conceptual Map of Power’ 13; 3.2.2 Ideological Power 14; 3.3 Locating Power in Accountability 14; 3.3.1 MGNREGA and Power 15; 3.3.2 Social Accountability and Power 16; 3.4 Operationalising Accountability 17; 3.4.1 Information 18; 3.4.1.1 How can Information Translate into Action? 18; 3.4.2 Transparency 19; 3.4.2.1 Linking Transparency and Accountability 20; 3.4.3 Jonathan Fox’s Typology of Power 21; 3.5 Limitations of Accountability Mechanisms within MGNREGA 22; 4. Study Rationale 24; 4.1 Research Gap 24; 4.2 Research Problem 24; 4.3 Research Questions 24; 4.4 Research Objectives 25; 4.5 Policy Relevance 25; 5. Research Methodology 27; 5.1 Overview 27; 5.2 Data Collection 27; 5.2.1 Primary Research 27; 5.2.2 Secondary Research 28; 5.3 Data Analysis 29; 5.3.1 Deconstructing the Data 29; 5.3.2 Conceptual Framework 30; 5.3.2.1 Research Question one 30; 5.3.2.2 Research Question two 31; 5.3.3 Analysing the Data 31; 5.4 Ethical Considerations 32; 5.4.1 Reflexivity and Ethics 32; 5.5 Limitations 33; 6. Findings and Analysis 34; 6.1 Foregrounding SPSS 34; 6.2 Impact of Differing Operationalisations of Accountability 36; 6.2.1 Overview 36; 6.2.2 How do you define accountability? 36; 6.2.2.1 SPSS Members and MGNREGA Workers 36; 6.2.2.2 Implementing Agencies 41; 6.2.2.3 Elected Representatives 43; 6.3 How does the organisation you’re affiliated with practice accountability? 44; 6.3.1 SPSS 45; 6.3.2 Implementing Agencies 46; 6.3.3 Elected Representatives 48; 6.4 Impact of Differing Operationalisations of Accountability on MGNREGA 49; 6.5 Impact of Differing Operationalisations of Accountability on Power-Relations 50; 6.5.1 SPSS and the Gram Panchayat 51; 6.5.2 SPSS and the Government (block and district) 52; 6.5.3 Within SPSS 53; 6.5.3.1 Sociological differences within SPSS 53; 6.5.3.2 Form versus Individual 54; 6.6 Why is it important to examine SPSS? 54; 6.6.1 Policy Relevance 55; 6.6.1.1 Registering as a Trade Union 56; 6.6.1.2 Apprehensions about Formality 57; 6.6.1.3 Scaling up 57; 6.6.1.4 Politics 58; 7 Conclusion 59; Appendix; i. Repository of Accountability Definitions 60; ii. When might information generate citizen action 61; iii. Reflexivity in Fieldwork: A Personal Account 62; References 67; End-Notes 73.
700			_aMr. Mohan Mani - Guide
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