Democracy, civil society and governance /

Democracy, civil society and governance /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shah, Ghanshyam, author.
Imprint:	Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	Civil society -- India. Democracy -- India. Representative government and representation -- India. Social structure -- India. Economic development -- Social aspects -- India. Poor -- Political activity -- India. Civil society. Democracy. Economic development -- Social aspects. Poor -- Political activity. Representative government and representation. Social structure. India.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12399380

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ISBN:	9789353287740 935328774X 9789353281809 9353281806 9789353281793 9353281792 9353281806 9789353281816 9353281814
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 18, 2018).
Summary:	Civil society is often expected to rise above historical and contemporary socio-economic forces such as the neoliberal economic policy and undertake the transformation of a stratified society to an egalitarian society conducive to democracy. Democracy, Civil Society and Governance is an endeavour to critically examine such expectations. The book focuses on the interplay of democracy, civil society and public policy implementation, and addresses the role of civil society in terms of the changing nature of the economy and the condition of the working class. It highlights the reinforcement of hegemonic value systems by the contemporary mainstream civil society as well as the role of the pro-poor civil society in supporting and mobilizing the disadvantaged for their rights and justice. The book also critically evaluates government policies and their implementation in the domains of education, public health, employment, social upliftment and environment.
Other form:	Original 9353281792 9789353281793

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Civil society : historical background
Civil society organizations and social activists
Civil society and education : reproducing hegemony and inequality
Self-employed workers and their empowerment
Legal recourse and collective struggles of the subalterns
Social movements of the non-poor
Narmada Dam : development and displacement
Epilogue.