Claiming India from Below

Activism and Democratic Transformation
Herausgeber: Mudgal, Vipul

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Produktbeschreibung

Going beyond electoral politics and government, this volume broadens the scope of the functioning of democracy in India, and explores citizens' role in the implementation of public policy. It looks at the ways in which extra-parliamentary power monitoring devices and the mainstream and emerging forms of the media, permeate through the political order.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781138956919
• ISBN-10: 1138956910
• Artikelnr.: 43551059

Autorenporträt

Vipul Mudgal works on the intersections of media, democracy and political violence. He has a doctorate in Media Studies from Leicester University and is a recipient of the Nehru Centenary British Fellowship and Jefferson Fellowship at the East-West Center, Hawaii. He heads Inclusive Media for Change, a clearing house of ideas on development alternatives at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, where he concluded his Visiting Senior Fellowship in October 2014. In March 2015, he joined Common Cause, known for its high-impact interventions in policy and governance, as director and chief executive.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Citizenship and Democratic Participation Vipul Mudgal Part I
Voices from Below-Field Notes from India Unheard 1. Finding Voice,
Visibility and Dignity for Seasonal Migrant Workers in Tribal Regions of
Western India: Experiences of Aajeevika Bureau Amrita Sharma and Rajiv
Khandelwal 2. From Parliament to Courtyard: Bringing Rights Home in
erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Sowmya Kidambi and Akansha Yadav 3. Traversing
Jungle Mahal Field notes on Democracy and Development in Santhal regions of
Bihar and West Bengal Arindam Banerjee and Animesh Ghosh 4. PESA, the
impasse of the legislative process: Democracy and challenges of
Participation in Central Indian Tribal regions Ajay Dandekar 5.
Strengthening Adivasis' Democratic Rights over Natural Resources: Gram
Sabhas and community management of resources in Orissa, Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand Felix Padel 6. Politics, participation and Political Clout among
Urban Poor: a study of Delhi Slum Sanjay Kumar 7. Schooling in India:
Democratization or Reproduction of Structured Inequalities? Sanjeer Alam
Part II Alternatives from Below: Participation for Transformation 8. Where
is Citizenship in Development Communication? A Case for Deepening Democracy
through Rights-Based participation Vipul Mudgal 9. Re-Imagining Spectrum as
a Commons Resource Ram Bhatt 10. Using Community Radio for Establishing
Last Mile Connect: Exploring the Possible role of Community Radio in
Disaster Devi Leena Bose and Susan Koshy 11. Three -Isms: Evolving Sensory
and Emotional Infrastructures to Counteract Disability Discrimination
Hemachandran Karah 12. Mobilizing Community for Better Teaching and
Learning Outcomes: Field Experiments in Rural Schools Rukmini Banerji 13.
Negotiating Spaces: Reversing historical approaches to reforming financial
services to low-income households Mathew Titus 14. Role of Activity Mapping
in Democratic Good Governance Vincy Davis Part III Politics from Below-
Activism for Interventions 15. Determining destinies: building transparency
and accountability through citizen involvement Aruna Roy 16. Rights based
activism, engaging the state and leveraging the markets: Possibilities of
Social Transformation Mihir Shah 17. Clean Elections are Doable Through
Participation and Intervention: Civil Society, Indian Elections and
Democracy Today Trilochan Sastry 18. Initiatives and Referendums: The Next
Step in Indian Democracy Atishi Marlena, Prashant Bhushan and Reena Gupta