Poor rural Indians come to expect and demand more of the state if they observe other people like them successfully mobilising for better services and public goods.

Through quantitative and qualitative research in Rajasthan, Dr Gabi Kruks-Wisner shows feedback loops in observations, expectations, and claims-making.

about her work: https://krukswisner.wordpress.com/
Buy the book: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/claiming-state-active-citizenship-and-social-welfare-rural-india?format=PB&isbn=9781316649008#xFBr4rHJoOX5Yzxr.97

This chimes with "Fragmented Democracy" by Jamila Michener: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fragmented-democracy/9A69DF1567190EF38883D4766EBC0AAC

And "Forbearance as Redistribution" by Alisha Holland: http://alishaholland.com/book/

And "Making Motherhood Work" by Caitlyn Collins:
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/13324.html

All these new books demonstrate feedback loops, in people's observations, expectations, and demands of the state.

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