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Under What Conditions Can Local Government Nurture Indigenous People’s Democratic Practice? A Case Study of Two Ho Village Assemblies in Jharkhand

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Pages 1354-1373 | Received 21 Dec 2015, Accepted 24 Apr 2017, Published online: 23 May 2017

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