Determinants of people's participation

This article considers the determinants of people's participation in local level decision-making spaces in rural West Bengal, India. It defines participation from the perspectives of attending meetings, raising issues, making complaints, and making contributions. The results from a sampled household survey in East Midnapore district of West Bengal indicate that better awareness, increase in land holdings, organisational membership, and political affiliation tend to improve participation. Households showing livelihood dependency and entitlement, and belonging to socially and economically weaker sections are more likely to participate. However, the results point towards the possibility of ‘elite capture’ and ‘clientelism’ in participatory spaces

Agriculture · BENGAL · Citizen journalism · Clientelism · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Elite · Entitlement (fair division · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bengal · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Urban Planning and Governance

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