Varieties of activist experience :: civil society in South Asia /
This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they med...
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New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
2010.
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Schriftenreihe: | Governance, conflict and civic action series ;
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Zusammenfassung: | This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they mediate between different spheres that are often (and sometimes legally) kept apart: the political and the legal, the economic and the political, the local and the international. The uniqueness of this book lies in its treatment of 'civil society' as a process brought into being by the actions of specific i. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (viii, 291 pages :) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9788132105954 8132105958 |
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spelling | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / edited by David N. Gellner. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010. 1 online resource (viii, 291 pages :) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Governance, conflict, and civic action series ; v. 3 Includes bibliographical references and index. Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 -- Introduction: Making Civil Society in South Asia; 2 -- The Biography of a Magar Communist; 3 -- Creating 'Civilized' Communists; 4 -- Youth and Political Engagement in Sri Lanka; 5 -- Can Women be Mobilized to Participate in Indian Local Politics?; 6 -- Surveying Activists in Nepal; 7 -- Disciplined Activists, Unruly Brokers? Exploring the Boundaries between Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Donors, and the State in Bangladesh; 8 -- Activists and Development in Nepal; 9 -- From Big Game to Biodiversity; 10 -- Civil Society and its Fragments. This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they mediate between different spheres that are often (and sometimes legally) kept apart: the political and the legal, the economic and the political, the local and the international. The uniqueness of this book lies in its treatment of 'civil society' as a process brought into being by the actions of specific i. Print version record. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Political participation South Asia. Civil society South Asia. Political activists South Asia. South Asia Politics and government. Participation politique Asie méridionale. Société civile Asie méridionale. Activistes Asie méridionale. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process Political Advocacy. bisacsh Civil society fast Political activists fast Political participation fast Politics and government fast South Asia fast Gellner, David N. Print version: Varieties of activist experience. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010 9788132104506 (DLC) 2010017019 (OCoLC)608687856 Governance, conflict and civic action series ; v. 3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008071511 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=340337 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=340337 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / Governance, conflict and civic action series ; Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 -- Introduction: Making Civil Society in South Asia; 2 -- The Biography of a Magar Communist; 3 -- Creating 'Civilized' Communists; 4 -- Youth and Political Engagement in Sri Lanka; 5 -- Can Women be Mobilized to Participate in Indian Local Politics?; 6 -- Surveying Activists in Nepal; 7 -- Disciplined Activists, Unruly Brokers? Exploring the Boundaries between Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Donors, and the State in Bangladesh; 8 -- Activists and Development in Nepal; 9 -- From Big Game to Biodiversity; 10 -- Civil Society and its Fragments. Political participation South Asia. Civil society South Asia. Political activists South Asia. Participation politique Asie méridionale. Société civile Asie méridionale. Activistes Asie méridionale. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process Political Advocacy. bisacsh Civil society fast Political activists fast Political participation fast Politics and government fast |
title | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / |
title_auth | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / |
title_exact_search | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / |
title_full | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / edited by David N. Gellner. |
title_fullStr | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / edited by David N. Gellner. |
title_full_unstemmed | Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia / edited by David N. Gellner. |
title_short | Varieties of activist experience : |
title_sort | varieties of activist experience civil society in south asia |
title_sub | civil society in South Asia / |
topic | Political participation South Asia. Civil society South Asia. Political activists South Asia. Participation politique Asie méridionale. Société civile Asie méridionale. Activistes Asie méridionale. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process Political Advocacy. bisacsh Civil society fast Political activists fast Political participation fast Politics and government fast |
topic_facet | Political participation South Asia. Civil society South Asia. Political activists South Asia. South Asia Politics and government. Participation politique Asie méridionale. Société civile Asie méridionale. Activistes Asie méridionale. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process Political Advocacy. Civil society Political activists Political participation Politics and government South Asia |
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