Under what conditions can local government nurture indigenous people’s democratic practice? A case study of two Ho village assemblies in Jharkhand

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Under what conditions can local government nurture indigenous people’s democratic practice? A case study of two Ho village assemblies in Jharkhand. / Sareen, Siddharth; Nathan, Iben.

In: The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 54, No. 8, 03.08.2018, p. 1354-1373.

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Sareen, S & Nathan, I 2018, 'Under what conditions can local government nurture indigenous people’s democratic practice? A case study of two Ho village assemblies in Jharkhand', The Journal of Development Studies, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 1354-1373. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1329523

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Sareen, S., & Nathan, I. (2018). Under what conditions can local government nurture indigenous people’s democratic practice? A case study of two Ho village assemblies in Jharkhand. The Journal of Development Studies, 54(8), 1354-1373. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1329523

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Sareen S, Nathan I. Under what conditions can local government nurture indigenous people’s democratic practice? A case study of two Ho village assemblies in Jharkhand. The Journal of Development Studies. 2018 Aug 3;54(8):1354-1373. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1329523

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Sareen, Siddharth ; Nathan, Iben. / Under what conditions can local government nurture indigenous people’s democratic practice? A case study of two Ho village assemblies in Jharkhand. In: The Journal of Development Studies. 2018 ; Vol. 54, No. 8. pp. 1354-1373.

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