01591cam a2200181 i 4500020001800000082002400018100003500042245013600077250003000213260003300243300002300276504005100299505031000350520062300660650003201283650005101315650004301366  a9781032045832  a305.5680954 bCHI-M1 aBalaramulu, Chinnala.eauthor.10aMarginalized communities and decentralized institutions in India :ban exclusion and inclusion perspective /cBala Ramulu Chinnala.  aFirst South Asia edition.  aNewyork :bRoutledge,c2021.  axviii, 141 pages ;  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. Introduction -- 2. Development Models, Decentralization and Position of Marginalized Communities in India -- 3. Marginalized Communities and Decentralization in a South Indian State -- 4. Exclusion and Inclusion in Decentralized Institutions -- 5. Profiles of the Political Executives -- 6. Conclusion.  aThis book examines the causes and consequences of marginalization of social groups and the state of democratic decentralization in India in the unfolding context of globalization and changing perspectives of development models and institutions. The first of its kind, it correlates macro-and micro-level issues to understand social exclusion and inclusion and the level of participation of democratic institutions at the grassroots level since economic liberalization (1991) and the 73rd Constitution Amendment Act of 1992, marking three decades since granting constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj Institutions. 0aMarginality, SocialzIndia. 0aMarginality, SocialxPolitical aspectszIndia. 0aDecentralization in governmentzIndia.