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Power patterns in a tribal village Panchayat
Eastern anthropologist • 57 (3-4) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 377-385
By: Ram, G. (Gordhan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In a tribal society, such as the Bhil, the traditional response to an innovation like the introduction of the panchayati raj may be that of traditionalization of the alien object itself or modernization of the power structure or both with some kind of linkage to the macro-political process in India. How this process takes place in the tribal village council of Alsigarh Gram Panchayat, representing the villages of Alsigarh, Pai, and Aad, is the major focus of this paper. As a prelude to the discussion above the author describes the political structure of the traditional Bhil village.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community councils
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Community structure
- Towns
- Sociocultural trends
- Ingroup antagonisms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bhil
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1993-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Villages of Alsigarh, Pai, and Aad, Rajasthan, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- G. Ram
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 385)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59030548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bhil (Indic people)