Whither Community Participation: Community Development Society in Urban West Bengal

摘要：

The article questions the very relevance of having state- created community structures in governance, specifically with reference to the working of one key invited space: the Community Development Societies (CDSs) which emerged as formally organized networks of poor slum dwelling women in urban West Bengal during the late nineties as part of a national urban poverty alleviation programme known as SwarnaJayantiSahariRozgarYojana (SJSRY). Based on empirical findings relating to their functioning on the ground, this article sheds light on the broader question of how much room for genuine community participation actually exists within a formal democratic setting. It also highlights the community experiences of attempting to engage with municipalities tapping their aspirations and anguishes. The results have significant implications for public administrators and theorists of community participation.

关键词： Community participation Democracy Empowerment Urban governance Development

作者: Payel Sen

作者单位: Department of Political Science, West Bengal State University Barasat, West Bengal, North 24 Parganas, Kolkata-126

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2012 International Conference on Public Administration(8th)(2012年公共管理国际会议 ICPA)

会议地点: 印度海德拉巴

会议语种:英文

页码: 107-117

在线出版日期: 2012-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）