3 Review(s)

In the field of political Sociology, the study of rural leadership in India is a terra incognita. Based on material obtained from a survey of Village leaders of pre and post Panchayati- Raj periods who are entrusted with the socio-economic roots of the rural leaders as a back drop of their emergence. It deals with the awareness and knowlegeability of the rural leaders relating to various problems and their socioeconomic value system.The broad conclusion of the study is that there is an appreciable change in the traditional pattern of rural leadership after the introduction of the three tier Panchayati-Raj scheme for democratic decentralization.