"The HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur."

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine derived contents note: 1 Introduction: Participation for Effectiveness and -- Effectiveness of Participation 1 -- Ramesh K. Arora and Meenakshi Hooja -- Section I -- Participatory Approaches to Development -- 2 People's Participation: A Theoretical Framework 23 -- Shashi Ranjan Tewari -- 3 People's Participation in Planning: A Realistic Approach 30 -- A.P. Barnabas -- 4 People's Participation in Development Processes: -- Experience and Strategy 36 -- Y. Sharma -- 5 Participative Approach to Rural Development 41 -- Satish C. Sharma -- 6 Community-Based Organizations and -- Panchayats as Instruments of Governance in the -- Sphere of Watershed Development 47 -- Rakesh Hooja and Rakshat Hooja -- 7 Participatory Approach for Sustainable Agricultural -- Technology Transfer 57 -- Sujit Kumar Paul -- 8 Beyond Farmers' Participation in Irrigation: Participatory -- Irrigation Management Approaches in India 73 -- Rakesh Hooja -- 9 Governance, Advocacy Planning and -- Community Participation: A Study of Community -- Development Workers in South Africa 89 -- John 3. Williams -- 10 Women's Participation in Local Government: -- The Bangladesh Experience 115 -- Pranab Kumar Pandey -- Section II -- Panchayati Raj: Structure, Process, Impact -- 11 Trends in the Debate on Panchayati Raj 125 -- Mats Kihlberg -- 12 Process of Decentralized Governance and Planning 140 -- Abdul Aziz -- 13 Local Level Planning for Integrated Rural Development: -- Case Studies from India and Abroad 148 -- K. V. Sundaram -- 14 Panchayati Raj and Rural Development in India 172 -- Ramesh C. Shrivastava -- 15 Panchayati Raj and Poverty Alleviation: Need for New -- Administrative Structure 182 -- R.S. Kumat -- 16 Finances of Panchayati Raj Institutions: A Study 188 -- A.P. Barnabas -- 17 Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions: -- Beginning of a New Era 199 -- Pawan Kumar Banta -- Section III -- Panchayati Raj: Cross-State Experiences -- 18 Dynamics of Administrative Reforms in Panchayati Raj -- System: A Study of Village Secretariat in Andhra Pradesh 213 -- D. Ravinder -- 19 The Panchayati Raj System in Goa 225 -- Sunita Kale -- 20 Devolution of Powers and Functions to PRls in Daman 237 -- C.P. Vithal -- 21 Democratic Decentralization: Zila Parishad as the -- Apex Body in Haryana 242 -- Rajbir Singh -- 22 Panchayati Raj System: The Orissa Experiment 253 -- B.S. Bhargava and Avinash Samal -- 23 Implementation of Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan: In the -- Light of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act 268 -- G.S. Narwani -- 24 Panchayati Raj in Tamil Nadu 275 -- Santishree D.N.B. Pandit -- 25 People-Centred Governance: The Panchayati Raj -- Experience in Uttar Pradesh 291 -- S.N. Singh -- Section IV -- Envisioning Decentralization in Rural Governance -- 26 Decentralization in Rural Governance 301 -- M. Veerappa Moily.

With reference to India; contributed articles.