Political Empowerment in Barnoti and Kathua Blocks in Kathua District

Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 9

Abstract

This paper attempted to study political empowerment in Barnoti and Kathua blocks in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. It dealt with different factors influencing political empowerment in rural areas. Aspects like total electors, electors who casted votes and who did not cast votes in the last election, reasons cited by voters for casting votes in favour of a particular candidate/political party in the last election, reason-wise number of the sampled households some of whose members did not cast votes in the last election, number of the sampled households some of whose members had political affiliations, number of the sampled households whose members attended meetings of panchayat and participated in political campaigns, and number of the sampled households reporting if the elected representatives redressed their grievances were studied.

Authors and Affiliations

Jasbir Singh, Rahul Kundal

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  • EP ID EP412979
  • DOI 10.9790/487X-2009077277.
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Jasbir Singh, Rahul Kundal (2018). Political Empowerment in Barnoti and Kathua Blocks in Kathua District. IOSR journal of Business and Management, 20(9), 72-77. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-412979