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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793343303321

Autore

Shah Ghanshyam

Titolo

Democracy, civil society and governance / / Ghanshyam Shah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, CA : , : SAGE Publications, Inc., , 2019

ISBN

93-5328-774-X

93-5328-181-4

93-5328-180-6

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

300.954

Soggetti

Civil society - India

Democracy - India

Representative government and representation - India

Social structure - India

Economic development - Social aspects - India

Poor - Political activity - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.