02961nam 22005172 450 991058596340332120190107135412.01-108-57722-91-108-65070-81-139-09571-4(CKB)4100000007432426(UkCbUP)CR9781139095716(MiAaPQ)EBC5627399(EXLCZ)99410000000743242620110613d2019|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOral democracy deliberation in Indian village assemblies /Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2019.1 online resource (xi, 215 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Theories of institutional designTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jan 2019).1-107-01974-5 Includes bibliographical references.Discursive political culture -- Political construction, state enactments, and citizen performances -- The role of literacy in deliberative democracy -- Conclusion : oral democracy.Oral Democracy studies citizens' voices in civic and political deliberations in India's gram sabhas (village assemblies), the largest deliberative institution in human history. It analyses nearly three hundred transcripts of gram sabhas, sampled within the framework of a natural experiment, allowing the authors to study how state policy affects the quality of discourse, citizens' discursive performances and state enactments embodied by elected leaders and public officials. By drawing out the varieties of speech apparent in citizen and state interactions, their analysis shows that citizens' oral participation in development and governance can be improved by strengthening deliberative spaces through policy. Even in conditions of high inequality and illiteracy, gram sabhas can create discursive equality by developing the 'oral competence' of citizens and establishing a space in which they can articulate their interests. The authors develop the concept of 'oral democracy' to aid the understanding of deliberative systems in non-Western and developing countries. This title is also available as Open Access.Theories of institutional design.Gram sabhaIndiaDirect democracyIndiaDiscourse analysisPolitical aspectsIndiaPolitics and government21st centuryGram sabhaDirect democracyDiscourse analysisPolitical aspects.320.8/40954Sanyal Paromita1252889Rao VijayendraUkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910585963403321Oral democracy2904718UNINA