Explaining village-level development trajectories through schooling in Karnataka

Jacob, Suraj and Natrajan, Balmurli and Patil, Indira (2015) Explaining village-level development trajectories through schooling in Karnataka. Economic and Political Weekly, 50 (52). pp. 54-64.

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Abstract

This paper develops and explores a methodology for explaining development trajectories at the village-level. Using data from the Censuses of 2001 and 2011, and qualitative and quantitative data from three purposively selected villages in North Karnataka, it asks why literacy rates and schooling vary considerably in geographically proximate villages. In advancing an explanation, the paper attends to what has been termed the micro-macro problem in analytical sociology as well as the problem of spatial variability, neither of which has been systematically addressed in the literature on rural change in India. The data and methodology used here help identify two social mechanisms--livelihoods enhancement practices and social cooperation--which together explain why one village (Chennooru) experiences stable and higher levels of schooling relative to its neighbours where either livelihoods enhancement practices are absent (Valasooru) or there is a lack of social cooperation (Banadooru). The approach and analysis in the paper imply that attention to social mechanisms aids the crafting of more robust policies on schooling and development. Suraj Jacob, ,

Item Type: Article
Authors: Jacob, Suraj and Natrajan, Balmurli and Patil, Indira
Uncontrolled Keywords: Karnatka education, North Karnataka Education, School education
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URI: http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/315
Publisher URL: https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/52/review-rural-af...

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