Rob Jenkins

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Jenkins, Rob, Civil Society versus Corruption in India

In Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Sumit Ganguly, The State of India's Democracy, Baltimore MD, John Hopkins University Press, 2007 , pp. 264

Jenkins, Rob; Goetz, Anne, Accounts and Accountability: Theoretical Implications of the Right-to-Information Movement in India

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Examination of the grass roots work of the MKSS in developing campaign for right to information as part of their wider campaigning and their use of jan sunwals (public hearings) in communities where official documents regarding public works, anti-poverty programmes etc. are read out and people are encouraged to add their own testimony about diversion of funds and fraud. The article also covers the MKSS use of public protest, such as a 52 day sit-in in the capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur, in 1997. See also:  2005 Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Right to Information. State Level: Rajasthan, 2005 2005 . Brief elaboration and update on work of MKSS and Right to Information Acts up to 2005.