1st Edition
Civil Society and Democratization in India Institutions, Ideologies and Interests
By Sarbeswar Sahoo
Copyright 2013
224 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Developing a distinctive theoretical framework on civil society, this book examines how Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) contribute towards democratization in India and what conditions facilitate or inhibit their contribution. It assesses three different kinds of politics within civil society – liberal pluralist, neo-Marxist, and communitarian – which have had different implications in... Read more
1. Introduction: The Primacy of Politics 2. Civil Society and Democratization: Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives 3. The State and Civil Society in India: A Historical Narrative 4. Seva Mandir and Constructive Developmentalism 5. Astha Sansthan and Welfare Rights Activism 6. Rajasthan Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad and the Cultural Politics of Development 7. Summary and Conclusions: The Multiple Faces of Civil Society
Biography
Sarbeswar Sahoo is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, and is Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral Fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of Erfurt, Germany. His research interests include Globalization, Civil Society and Democratization, and Sociology of Religion and Violence.
