The Geography of Citizenship Practice
How the Poor Engage the State in Rural and Urban India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6323906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Michael Auerbach (0000-0002-6564-8655), Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (0000-0002-6396-5745) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1118-1134 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592720000043 |
| OpenAlex | W3010970008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 47 |
When and why do poor citizens expect the state to respond to their claims, and how do those expectations shape citizenship practice? Drawing on survey and qualitative research in northern India, our study reveals an expectations gap that complicates widely held views of the urban core versus the rural periphery. The urban poor residing in slums are dramatically less likely to believe that they will get a direct response from an official compared to similarly poor rural residents. Slum residents are also significantly more likely than villagers to report the presence of political brokers, who create mediated channels for claim-making. Reflecting on these patterns, we develop a place-based theory to explain sub-national variation in citizen-state engagement. We focus in the northern Indian context on three interrelated factors that shape the local terrain for citizenship practice: the greater visibility of social welfare provision in villages compared to slums; the greater depth of rural decentralization; and the greater strength of urban party organizations. Extending beyond northern India, we propose an analytical framework for the study of citizenship that examines how citizens’ local experiences of state institutions influence sub-national patterns of participation
Citizenship · Context (archaeology · Decentralization · Economic growth · Geography · Political science · Politics · Population · Slum · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Social and Economic Development in India · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Claim-Making in Comparative Perspective
Local governance networks as public authority
Unpacking rural-urban clientelist networks
Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts
Everyday governance in areas of contested power
Getting on the grid
Self-Help, Natality and ‘Civic Growth’
‘Seen’, ‘Respected’ and ‘Empowered’
Empowering young citizens through the practice of accountability
Social protection and state‐citizen relations
Clientelism or public goods
Minding the Resource Gap
An evolving threat to life and livelihoods
Receiving more, expecting less? Social ties, clientelism and the poor’s expectations of future service provision
Political change in African cities
Clientelism and governance
The language of access
Understanding vote buying in Nepali elections
Challenges and opportunities of curbing urban corruption and building professional integrity
Do Political Preferences Affect Policy Learning and Uptake? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Informal Entrepreneurs
Searching for the State
Politicians' complaint response
Claiming the city
(When) Does Informal Labor Close Political Gender Gaps? Theory and Evidence from Urban India
Foreign Aid and Political Support
Making the Bourgeoisie? Values, Voice, and State-Provided Home Ownership
Can Gender Quotas Improve Public Service Provision? Evidence From Indian Local Government
The Lessons Private Schools Teach
Government Responsiveness in Developing Countries
Informal Work, Risk, and Clientelism
Representation from Below
Citoyens, clients ou quémandeurs
The Rich Have Peers, the Poor Have Patrons
Women And The State
Democracy, Development, and the Countryside
Culture and Public Action
How Policies Make Citizens
Poverty, Participation, and Democracy
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Gradient of Governance
Politics and the Right to Work
Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition
Demanding Development
Democratization from Above
On the Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism
Democracy and Discontent
Active Social Capital
What do they know of India who only India know? The uses of comparative politics
Neighborhood Associations and the Urban Poor
Governance in the Gullies
Improving Surveys Through Ethnography
Gaining Access to Public Services and the Democratic State in India
Markets and States in Tropical Africa
Small-Time Political Fixers in India's States
Voice and Equality
Claiming the State
The Pursuit of Social Welfare
Diminished Expectations
Clients and Communities
Hybrid Regimes for Local Public Goods Provision
The Consequences of Public Policy for Democratic Citizenship
Distance, services, and citizen perceptions of the state in rural Africa
State Retrenchment and the Exercise of Citizenship in Africa
The Political Economy of Clientelism
Politicising inequality
Poor People's Politics
Seeing the State
Policy Feedback in an Age of Polarization
Everyday Mediation
Between violence and desire
Some Social Requisites of Democracy
How Clients Select Brokers
Apples and Oranges Revisited
| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |