1st Edition
Democratic Rural Organizations Thresholds for Evolution in Africa and Asia
SECTION I Historical context of evolution of democratic rural organizations
Chapter 1 Democratic rural organizations as vehicles for rural development in Africa and Asia
Chapter 2 The socio-economic and political contexts of democratic rural organisations in India
Chapter 3 The socio-economic and political context of democratic rural organizations in Uganda
Chapter 4 The socio-economic and political context of rural organizations in Bangladesh
Chapter 5 The socio-economic and political context of rural organizations in Cambodia
SECTION II Conceptual framework
Chapter 6 Unpacking participation and fostering empowerment
Chapter 7 Identifying thresholds for the evolution of Democratic Rural Organizations
SECTION III Practical thresholds for the evolution of democratic rural organizations
Chapter 8 Mobilising rural people to organize in groups and higher level DRO
Chapter 9 NGO-fostered empowerment through membership of democratic rural organisations
Chapter 10 About what, when and how to federate democratic rural organisations
Chapter 11 Governance: adjusting aims and leadership to address market challenges and satisfy members’ aspirations
Chapter 12 Finance for the federation of democratic rural organisations
Chapter 13 Accountability in democratic rural organisations
Chapter 14 Markets as a threshold for DROs
Chapter 15 Navigating political challenges
Chapter 16 A Practitioners’ Perspective
Chapter 17 Conclusion
Biography
Esbern Friis-Hansen is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark
Janki Andharia is a Professor and Dean at the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Godfrey Suubi is a Socio-Economist at the National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda
