Varieties of activist experience
Varieties of activist experience civil society in South Asia / [electronic resource] :
edited by David N. Gellner.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
- 1 online resource (viii, 291 p.) : ill.
- Governance, conflict and civic action ; v. 3 .
- Governance, conflict and civic action ; v. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they mediate between different spheres that are often (and sometimes legally) kept apart: the political and the legal, the economic and the political, the local and the international.
Specialized.
9788132112235 (ebook) : No price
Political participation--South Asia.
Civil society--South Asia.
Political activists--South Asia.
South Asia--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JQ98.A91 / V37 2010
322.40954
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they mediate between different spheres that are often (and sometimes legally) kept apart: the political and the legal, the economic and the political, the local and the international.
Specialized.
9788132112235 (ebook) : No price
Political participation--South Asia.
Civil society--South Asia.
Political activists--South Asia.
South Asia--Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JQ98.A91 / V37 2010
322.40954