LEADER 02961nam 22005172 450 001 9910585963403321 005 20190107135412.0 010 $a1-108-57722-9 010 $a1-108-65070-8 010 $a1-139-09571-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000007432426 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139095716 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5627399 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007432426 100 $a20110613d2019|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOral democracy $edeliberation in Indian village assemblies /$fParomita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 215 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aTheories of institutional design 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jan 2019). 311 $a1-107-01974-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aDiscursive political culture -- Political construction, state enactments, and citizen performances -- The role of literacy in deliberative democracy -- Conclusion : oral democracy. 330 $aOral Democracy studies citizens' voices in civic and political deliberations in India's gram sabhas (village assemblies), the largest deliberative institution in human history. It analyses nearly three hundred transcripts of gram sabhas, sampled within the framework of a natural experiment, allowing the authors to study how state policy affects the quality of discourse, citizens' discursive performances and state enactments embodied by elected leaders and public officials. By drawing out the varieties of speech apparent in citizen and state interactions, their analysis shows that citizens' oral participation in development and governance can be improved by strengthening deliberative spaces through policy. Even in conditions of high inequality and illiteracy, gram sabhas can create discursive equality by developing the 'oral competence' of citizens and establishing a space in which they can articulate their interests. The authors develop the concept of 'oral democracy' to aid the understanding of deliberative systems in non-Western and developing countries. This title is also available as Open Access. 410 0$aTheories of institutional design. 606 $aGram sabha$zIndia 606 $aDirect democracy$zIndia 606 $aDiscourse analysis$xPolitical aspects 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aGram sabha 615 0$aDirect democracy 615 0$aDiscourse analysis$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a320.8/40954 700 $aSanyal$b Paromita$01252889 702 $aRao$b Vijayendra 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910585963403321 996 $aOral democracy$92904718 997 $aUNINA