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Author Ganguly, Sunayana, author

Title Deliberating environment policy in India : participation and the role of advocacy / Sunayana Ganguly
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge Studies in Asia and the Environment
Routledge studies in Asia and the environment.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Environmental planning processes in India; Linking participation, deliberation and advocacy; Identifying participatory spaces; Rationale for comparative case studies; Methodology; Boundaries of the study; Summary and organization; 2 Advocacy in deliberative democracy; Advocacy in deliberation; The role of civil society in the deliberative system; Civil society and the state in India; Strategies for creating political opportunities; Changing the conversation from beyond the state
Changing the conversation from within the state3 Deliberating on the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan; Background; Linking the global to the local; Deliberations and participation in the National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan; Conflicts and failure; The deliberative failure of the NBSAP; Conclusion; 4 Deliberating on the Forest Rights Act; Narrative background; Sites of environmental conflict; Building collective action; Creation of the forum; Political opportunity; Entering the deliberative space -- finding political representation
The role of civil society: the conflict of narrativesConclusion; 5 Conclusion; Comparative elements; Broader implications; References; Index
Summary As one of the world's largest and most bio-diverse countries, India's approach to environmental policy will be very significant in tackling global environmental challenges. This book explores the transformations that have taken place in the making of environmental policy in India since the economic liberalization of the 1990s. It investigates if there has been a slow shift from top-down planning to increasingly bottom up and participatory policy processes, examining the successes and failures of recent environmental policies. Linking deliberation to collective action, this book contends that it is crucial to involve local actors in framing the policies that decide on their rights and control over bio-resources in order to achieve the goal of sustainable human development. The first examples of large-scale participatory processes in Indian environmental policy were the 1999 National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan and the 2006 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act. This book explores these landmark policies, exploring the strategies of advocacy and deliberation that led to both the successes and failures of recent initiatives. It concludes that in order to deliberate with the state, civil society actors must engage in forms of strategic advocacy with the power to push agendas that challenge mainstream development discourses. The lessons learnt from the Indian experience will not only have immediate significance for the future of policy making in India, but they will also be of interest for other countries faced with the challenges of integrating livelihood and sustainability concerns into the governance process.-- Provided by Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Environmental policy -- India
Environmental policy -- India -- Citizen participation
Sustainable development -- India
Economic policy
Economic policy -- Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Environmental policy -- Citizen participation
Sustainable development
SUBJECT India -- Economic policy -- 1991-2016. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003007131
India -- Economic policy -- Environmental aspects
Subject India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315744476
1315744473