Title People's rights : social movements and the state in the third world / editors, Manoranjan Mohanty, Partha Nath Mukherji, with Olle Törnquist

Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998

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Description 436 pages ; 23 cm Contents Introduction: Towards a Creative Theory of Social Transformation / Manoranjan Mohanty -- Pt. 1. Civil Society, State and Nation. 1. The Assertion of Civil Society Against the State: The Case of the Post-colonial World / Neera Chandhoke. 2. The Liberation of Civil Society: Neo-liberal Ideology and Political Theory in an African Context / Bjorn Beckman. 3. Social Movements in Creative Society: Of Autonomy and Interconnection / Manoranjan Mohanty. 4. Africa: Democratic Theory and Democratic Struggles / Mahmood Mamdani. 5. Nationalism, Nation-building and the State in India / Partha Nath Mukherji. 6. Class, Ethnicity and Autonomy Movements in India / Sucha Singh Gill. 7. The Nature and Structure of Ethnic Conflict and Separatism in South Asia / Ishtiaq Ahmed -- Pt. 2. People's Movements. 8. Popular Movements and Politics of Democratisation: The Philippine Experience in Comparative Perspective / Olle Tornquist 9. Peasants, Dalits and Women: Democracy and India's New Social Movements / Gail Omvedt. 10. Farmers' Movements and Cultural Politics in India / Staffan Lindberg. 11. Peasant Social Structure, Politics and Democratisation in Nigeria / Abdul Raufu Mustapha. 12. The Story of Agrarian Struggles and Land Reforms in Bengal and West Bengal / Nripen Bandyopadhyaya. 13. The Working-class Movement in India: Trade Unions and the State / Sharit K. Bhowmik -- Pt. 3. Human Rights. 14. The State and Human Rights Movements in India / Upendra Baxi. 15. Civil Liberties Movement and the State in India / G. Haragopal and K. Balagopal. 16. The State and the Civil Liberties Movement in Nigeria / Adebayo O. Olukoshi. 17. Depoliticisation of Civil Society: Social Movements and the Corporatist State in Indonesia / Arief Budiman. 18. Micro-struggles, NGOs and the State / Harsh Sethi Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Civil society -- Developing countries. Human rights -- Developing countries. Social movements -- Developing countries. SUBJECT Developing countries -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102163 Author Mohanty, Manoranjan, 1942- Mukherji, Partha N. (Partha Nath) Törnquist, Olle. LC no. 97031054 ISBN 076199212X (alk. paper) 0761992138 (paperback: alk. paper) 817036664X (India-hb)

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