Listening through the noise? Citizen claim-making and bureaucratic responsiveness in rural India

• In Event: Citizen Engagement, Activism, and Claims-making in South Asia

Brief Overview

We draw on qualitative interviews and a multi-actor survey (n = 1293) of block-level officers in rural India to offer a bureaucrat-centered view of the factors that enhance and constrain government's ability to respond to citizens’ grievances.

Authors

• Tanu Kumar, Claremont Graduate University

• Gabrielle Kaya Kruks-Wisner, University of Virginia