Browsing by Author "Baumann, Pari"

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    Decentralising Natural Resource Management: Lessons from Local Government Reform in India
    (2003) Baumann, Pari; Farrington, John
    "Drawing on a two-year study of decentralisation processes at State, district and village levels in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, this paper considers the influence of political economy factors on decentralised natural resource management in India. The paper assesses the constraints and potentials for decentralisation that are posed by the current political economy It argues that centralising political forces constrain both the political and ecological scope of the decentralisation agenda. The suggested way forward is a more strategic approach in concept and practice, as well as a reconsideration of the ultimate objectives of decentralised natural resource management."
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    Linking Development with Democratic Processes in India: Political Capital and Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis
    (2001) Baumann, Pari; Sinha, Subir
    "This paper examines how far Sustainable Livelihoods analysis helps in understanding the complex power relations influencing the rightful access by the poor to assets and entitlements. These also influence the range of feasible livelihood options, and the type and level of benefits they generate. These power relations have political dimensions, and to consider them in terms of a sixth capital asset 'political capital' provides the basis for a more structured and rigorous analysis of power than is generally achieved if they are merely considered part of the 'policies, institutions and processes' within the SL analytical framework."