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Keshav Publications Women And Grass Roots Politics by Gaur Rinki
About the Book: Women and Grass Roots Politics Village is the basic unit of social life in rural India.Morethan three fourths of Indian population still lives in villagesandlargely attached to agriculture, handicrafts and neighborhood.Thecustoms of village sometime change, social mobility andmigrationaffect the patterns of economy and social relationships,but theessential portion of the villages as the territorial unit oflocaldemocracy remain valid. Grass roots politics refers to theprocessof acquiring, retaining and using the seats of politicalpowercontained in Panchayati Raj institution i.e. GramPanchayat,Kshetrya Samiti and Zila Parishad. Panchayat leaders areidentifiedas people's representative elected by Gram Sabha fortheirrespective Panchayats. Panchayati Raj may be considered asapleasant message and dawn adaptation ofdemocraticdecentralization, social justice, institutionaldevelopment andpolitical mobilization.