Does Civil Society Matter?: Governance in Contemporary India [1 ed.] 0761996850, 9780761996859

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Does Civil Society Matter?: Governance in Contemporary India [1 ed.]
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Rajesh Tandon (editor)
Ranjita Mohanty (editor)

Table of contents :
Contents
Prefilce and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Civil Society and Governance: Issues and Problematics • Rajesh Tandon and Ranjita Mohanty
Section I
1. A Critique of the Notion of Civil Society as the ‘Third Sphere’ • Neera Chandhoke
2. The Civil Society-Governance Interface: An Indian Perspective • Rajesh Tandon
3. The Crisis of Governance • Jayaprakash Narayan
4. Civil Society and the Goal of Good Governance • T.K. Dommen
5. Corruption and the Right to Information • Harsh Mander
Section II
6. Save the Chilika Movement: Interrogating the State and the Market • Ranjita Mohanty
7. When the Voiceless Speak: A Case Study of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha • Neera Chandhoke
8. Democratic Governance, Civil Society and Dalit Protest • Sudha Pai and Ram Narayan
9. A View from the Subalterns: The Pavement Dwellers of Mumbai • Bishnu N. Mohapatra
10. Land Distribution for Kol Tribalsin Uttar Pradesh • B.K. Joshi
References
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

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Does Civil Society Matter?

Does Civil Society Matter? Governance in Contemporary India

Edited by Raj""h Tandon Ranjita Mohanty

SAGE PubHctions New Delhi' Thousand Oaks' London

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