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Replication Data for: The Pursuit of Social Welfare: Citizen Claim-Making in Rural India

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Title Replication Data for: The Pursuit of Social Welfare: Citizen Claim-Making in Rural India
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VL6E3Q
 
Creator Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description ABSTRACT: Who makes claims on the state for social welfare, and how and why do they do so? This article examines these dynamics in the rural Indian context, observing that citizens living in the same local communities differ dramatically in their approaches to the state. The author develops a theory to explain these varied patterns of action and inaction, arguing that citizen claim-making is best understood as a product of exposure to people and places beyond the immediate community and locality. This social and spatial exposure builds citizens’ encounters with, knowledge of, and linkages to the state. This in turn develops their aspirations toward the state and their capabilities for state-targeted action. The author tests the theory in rural Rajasthan, drawing on a combination of original survey data and qualitative interviews. She finds that those who traverse boundaries of caste, neighborhood, and village are more likely to make claims on the state, and that they do so through broader repertoires of action, than those who are more constrained by the same boundaries. The article concludes by considering the extensions and limitations of the theory and the role of the state itself in establishing the terrain for citizen action.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Social Welfare
Citizenship
Participation
India
 
Contributor Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle