The Centre de Sciences Humaines is pleased to invite you to the CSH Seminar on:
Shikayat to Jawabdehi: Redeeming Rights and Democratising the Local State in India
Speaker: Anindita Adhikari (National Law School of India University, Bengaluru)
Discussant: Mekhala Krishnamurthy (Ashoka University)
To register: Please fill out the Registration Form
CSH Seminars are in hybrid mode. Please pre-register for offline and online registration before Monday, 02 June, 2:00 p.m. IST.
About the Talk:
The talk will be based her book project Shikayat to Jawabdehi: Redeeming rights and democratising the local state in India which examines the effects of rights-based welfare expansion on local governance and civic action through a comparison between two accountability systems in Bihar; Social Audits and the Right to Public Grievance Redress Act. Based on field research conducted across six districts, the book argues that the ritualization of interactions with citizens who have been historically marginalized, in rule-based settings, builds a new legal consciousness within the bureaucracy and enlivens local democracy
