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Institutional Reforms for Decentralized Governance and the Politics of Control and Management of Local Natural Resources: A Study in the Scheduled Areas of India

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dc.contributor.author Samal, Avinash en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:28:52Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:28:52Z
dc.date.issued 2003 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2003-09-04 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2003-09-04 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/256
dc.description.abstract "The present paper thus attempts to study the politics of control and management of local natural resources within the institutional framework for decentralized governance and the rights and role accorded to people in the process. It tries to do so by examining and analyzing the constitutional provisions, policy legislations and their practices followed over the last half a century and more. The paper is divided into five sections. Having outlined the broad issues and the objectives of the study in the introductory section, the second section discusses the evolution and administration of scheduled areas and the system of its governance. The third section spells out the institutional reforms for decentralized governance (PRIs) and the control and management of local natural resources with a specific focus on the Extension of Panchayats to Scheduled Areas Act 1996. The fourth section deals with the emergence of the institution of village republics in the tribal areas. Taking up the Kucheipadar village in Rayagada district of Orissa as a case, it analyzes the forces and factors that compelled the tribals to take control over their local natural resources by declaring themselves as republics, the system of their governance, and the use and management practices of natural resources like land, water and forest. The concluding section highlights the important lessons to be drawn from this tiny village republic for designing responsive laws and effective management practices for the protection and management of scarce natural resources for the sustainable development of local tribal communities." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject decentralization en_US
dc.subject institutional change en_US
dc.subject resource management en_US
dc.subject property rights en_US
dc.subject state and local governance en_US
dc.subject constitution en_US
dc.subject panchayats en_US
dc.subject village organization en_US
dc.title Institutional Reforms for Decentralized Governance and the Politics of Control and Management of Local Natural Resources: A Study in the Scheduled Areas of India en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.coverage.region Middle East & South Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country India en_US
dc.subject.sector General & Multiple Resources en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Politics of the Commons: Articulating Development and Strengthening Local Practices en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates July 11-14, 2003 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Chiang Mai, Thailand en_US
dc.submitter.email lwisen@indiana.edu en_US


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