Ashok Pankaj
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashok Pankaj |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashok |
| FAMILY NAME | Pankaj |
| SIGNATURE | PANKAJ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Human Development |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7969-1427 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Jeevika , Women and Rural Bihar
This article narrates a story of cultural change caused by livelihood intervention in rural Bihar (India). It shows that the impact of Jeevika, a microcredit-based rural livelihood promotion project, goes beyond its call for promoting livelihoods. The article recognises the distinction between structural and cultural aspects of social change and holds that an important impact of Jeevika on rural women of Bihar has been the cultural loosening of t…
The Fallacies of ‘Basic Income’
The dramatic decade
‘... no matter which period of history we study in India, there are few decades more significant than the 1970s. For this is the epoch that made India the vibrant democracy it is today’ (250). Undoub
The Public Distribution System in Bihar
The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in India plays an important role in providing food grains to the poor at subsidised prices. However, it has not been very successful in accomplishing its objective in many states. To make the distribution of cereals more effective, Bihar replaced the ration card with a new instrument of delivery in 2008—a 12-page booklet of coupons to be given annually to beneficiaries. This study, based on a panel s…
The promise of power
In this book, Maya Tudor revisits social and institutional explanations of the successes and failures of democracy in post-colonial societies through a case study of India and Pakistan. Her argumen
Development versus Democratic Essence
This article reflects on the role of voters’ preference for democratic essence over development-related issues in the 2005 Haryana and Bihar Assembly elections. Based on analysis of these elections, it is argued that in a society where the distributive effects of development are less than egalitarian, economic deprivations are reinforced by socio-political inequality, but democracy still promises to be a great equaliser and source of empowerment …
Engaging with Discourse on Caste, Class and Politics in India
This article maps the changing profile of pre-Mandal and post-Mandal debates on caste, class and politics in India, showing that the centrality of caste as an agent of politics and its dominant role in public-political life has remained a reality throughout. What is contested now is the extent to which recognition of caste as an instrument of socio-political change (following the Mandal Commission) and caste-centric socio-political movements of t…
Revisiting Foreign Aid Theories
Foreign aid, as a subject matter of political economy, has been intensely debated in global development discourse and international politics. Does aid lead to growth and development of the underdeveloped countries? Or is it an instrument used by donor countries to promote their domestic and foreign policy interests? The theory and practice of foreign aid suggest that even if it may be useful for the economic development of underdeveloped and deve…
The changing sociopolitical profile of local political elites (mukhias) in Bihar
This article seeks to examine the changing sociopolitical profile of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives in Bihar. It argues (a) that the political assertion of the upper backward caste-Yadavas, Koeris and Kurmis-in Bihar dates back to the pre-Mandal period; (b) that the OBCs are not a homogeneous sociopolitical community, since they comprise both dominant and deprived castes; and (c) that the upper castes, despite losing political …
India's Democracy
Revisiting Foreign Aid Theories
Foreign aid, as a subject matter of political economy, has been intensely debated in global development discourse and international politics. Does aid lead to growth and development of the underdeveloped countries? Or is it an instrument used by donor countries to promote their domestic and foreign policy interests? The theory and practice of foreign aid suggest that even if it may be useful for the economic development of underdeveloped and deve…
Jeevika , Women and Rural Bihar
This article narrates a story of cultural change caused by livelihood intervention in rural Bihar (India). It shows that the impact of Jeevika, a microcredit-based rural livelihood promotion project, goes beyond its call for promoting livelihoods. The article recognises the distinction between structural and cultural aspects of social change and holds that an important impact of Jeevika on rural women of Bihar has been the cultural loosening of t…
The changing sociopolitical profile of local political elites (mukhias) in Bihar
This article seeks to examine the changing sociopolitical profile of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives in Bihar. It argues (a) that the political assertion of the upper backward caste-Yadavas, Koeris and Kurmis-in Bihar dates back to the pre-Mandal period; (b) that the OBCs are not a homogeneous sociopolitical community, since they comprise both dominant and deprived castes; and (c) that the upper castes, despite losing political …
The Fallacies of ‘Basic Income’
Engaging with Discourse on Caste, Class and Politics in India
This article maps the changing profile of pre-Mandal and post-Mandal debates on caste, class and politics in India, showing that the centrality of caste as an agent of politics and its dominant role in public-political life has remained a reality throughout. What is contested now is the extent to which recognition of caste as an instrument of socio-political change (following the Mandal Commission) and caste-centric socio-political movements of t…
The Public Distribution System in Bihar
The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in India plays an important role in providing food grains to the poor at subsidised prices. However, it has not been very successful in accomplishing its objective in many states. To make the distribution of cereals more effective, Bihar replaced the ration card with a new instrument of delivery in 2008—a 12-page booklet of coupons to be given annually to beneficiaries. This study, based on a panel s…
India's Democracy
Revisiting Foreign Aid Theories
Foreign aid, as a subject matter of political economy, has been intensely debated in global development discourse and international politics. Does aid lead to growth and development of the underdeveloped countries? Or is it an instrument used by donor countries to promote their domestic and foreign policy interests? The theory and practice of foreign aid suggest that even if it may be useful for the economic development of underdeveloped and deve…
The changing sociopolitical profile of local political elites (mukhias) in Bihar
This article seeks to examine the changing sociopolitical profile of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives in Bihar. It argues (a) that the political assertion of the upper backward caste-Yadavas, Koeris and Kurmis-in Bihar dates back to the pre-Mandal period; (b) that the OBCs are not a homogeneous sociopolitical community, since they comprise both dominant and deprived castes; and (c) that the upper castes, despite losing political …
Engaging with Discourse on Caste, Class and Politics in India
This article maps the changing profile of pre-Mandal and post-Mandal debates on caste, class and politics in India, showing that the centrality of caste as an agent of politics and its dominant role in public-political life has remained a reality throughout. What is contested now is the extent to which recognition of caste as an instrument of socio-political change (following the Mandal Commission) and caste-centric socio-political movements of t…
Development versus Democratic Essence
This article reflects on the role of voters’ preference for democratic essence over development-related issues in the 2005 Haryana and Bihar Assembly elections. Based on analysis of these elections, it is argued that in a society where the distributive effects of development are less than egalitarian, economic deprivations are reinforced by socio-political inequality, but democracy still promises to be a great equaliser and source of empowerment …
The promise of power
In this book, Maya Tudor revisits social and institutional explanations of the successes and failures of democracy in post-colonial societies through a case study of India and Pakistan. Her argumen
The dramatic decade
‘... no matter which period of history we study in India, there are few decades more significant than the 1970s. For this is the epoch that made India the vibrant democracy it is today’ (250). Undoub
The Public Distribution System in Bihar
The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in India plays an important role in providing food grains to the poor at subsidised prices. However, it has not been very successful in accomplishing its objective in many states. To make the distribution of cereals more effective, Bihar replaced the ration card with a new instrument of delivery in 2008—a 12-page booklet of coupons to be given annually to beneficiaries. This study, based on a panel s…
The Fallacies of ‘Basic Income’
Jeevika , Women and Rural Bihar
This article narrates a story of cultural change caused by livelihood intervention in rural Bihar (India). It shows that the impact of Jeevika, a microcredit-based rural livelihood promotion project, goes beyond its call for promoting livelihoods. The article recognises the distinction between structural and cultural aspects of social change and holds that an important impact of Jeevika on rural women of Bihar has been the cultural loosening of t…
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