Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Identity, Exclusion, Inclusion-Issues in Participatory Citizenship; Section I; 1. Identity: Enabling and Endangering Citizenship; 2. Perspectives on Participation and Citizenship; 3. Citizen Participation in Development: Issues of Identity, Inclusion and Voice; 4. Citizen Action and Governance; Section II; 5. Marginalised Citizenship of Nomads; 6. Corporate Accountability and Citizen Action: Companies and Communities in India; 7. A Silent Revolution: Women in Grass-roots Democracy. 8. Towards Participation and Inclusion: Mainstreaming Gender in Decentralisation9. Citizenship as Practice: The Case of Marginalised Groups in Rural Bengal; Glossary; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.