Justice and sanitation governance
An enquiry into the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Rural programme in UP, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21697050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kopal Khare (0000-0002-4316-2486, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, corresponding author), Lavanya Suresh (0000-0002-2202-2433, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 379-398 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Water Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-7017 • E-ISSN: 1996-9759 |
| Publisher | IWA Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2166/wp.2023.187 |
| OpenAlex | W4324136312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
The Swachh Bharat Mission-Rural (SBM-R) is a flagship programme aimed at ending open defecation in rural India. In this paper, we study institutions and processes using Amartya Sen's conception of justice. We review the outcomes by assessing agencies, actions and processes involved in the implementation of the SBM-R programme. The findings are analysed using the Sanitation Well-being Framework. Sanitation well-being is achieved when an individual is able to experience the sanitation life cycle stages of acceptance, construction, utilisation and maintenance of safe disposal, which are part of the framework. The capability factors grouped under personal, cultural, structural, environmental and service elements of the framework determine the sanitation environment facilitated by the state. Failure in experiencing one of the life stages leads to slippage in sanitation, where people resume open defecation, despite possessing toilets. The paper presents a review of literature on the political, technological and structural issues in programme implementation, followed by an analysis of 42 interviews and 12 focused group discussions of state and non-state actors conducted in rural Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh, India. We found that slippage is prevalent in the field site and identified 26 capability factors (expansion and constraints) that led to slippage in sanitation
Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Open defecation · Political science · Sanitation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Social and Economic Development in India · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Environmental Engineering
Well-Being, Agency and Freedom
A Theory of Justice
The Idea of Justice1
Some Comments on Rawls’ Theory of Justice
The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development
Analyzing Biographies and Narratives
Old habits die hard’
The grammar of governance
Women’s Experiences of Defecating in the Open
On Amartya Sen and The Idea of Justice
Exploring “The Remote” and “The Rural”
Clean India! Symbols, Policies and Tensions
Policy making through thick and thin
Caste and development
Sanitation-related psychosocial stress
Determining Validity in Qualitative Inquiry
Institutions
Beyond toilets and targets
A Grammar of Institutions
Rawls's Theory of Justice
Beyond the Qualitative Interview
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |