Determinants of people's participation: a study of rural West Bengal, India

Debabrata Samanta and Narayan Chandra Nayak

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 1, 71-85

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.986065

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