I, the Citizen : Unraveling the Power of Citizen Engagement.

i, the citizen -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Understanding development -- Defining development and its path -- Who defines development? -- "Will I get my firewood?" and other questions -- Development with dignity -- Measuring development -- Innovation in the development sector -- Voices from the grassroots level -- An identity for Akkamma -- Leadership lessons from Kempaiah -- Learning from first generation school-goers -- The spirit of partnership -- Can you truly empower me? -- A lesson in self-reliance -- Women, leadership and democracy -- Governance, democracy and citizenship -- What does 'good governance' mean to people? -- Empowered engagement versus enforced engagement -- Renegotiating citizenship -- Where everyone is a victim -- A social transformation led by India's Prime Minister -- Information indeed is power - people and their right to information -- A walk for information, a walk for power -- A revelation of contradictions and hope -- Blending with the villages and their issues - some reflections -- Ningamani, the citizen -- The cities and the villages -- The culmination, the new beginning -- Beyond the campaign -- Citizen engagement and the fight against corruption -- The reality of corruption -- Understanding corruption, and what it takes to fight it -- A nation rises against corruption -- From the streets of Mysuru -- The political dimensions of the campaign -- Citizen engagement towards making democracy work -- What is the will of the people? -- The onus is on the voter -- Making Democracy Work - The premise -- A people's view of free and fair elections -- Making the right choice -- Shoring up the decaying political discourse -- The role of the manifesto -- Perspectives on policy -- Valuing life -- Malnutrition - a national shame -- FDI in retail - a death knell for Rathnamma.

Fighting poverty through the Right to Education Act -- Overcoming a poor understanding of poverty -- What does financial inclusion include? -- An unending movement -- The inception within -- The growth of a movement -- A battle for human rights -- A grassroots initiative for policy research and advocacy -- Making advocacy a community movement -- Epilogue: Citizen Engagement - Exemplars and Realities -- Glossary.

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