On civil society : issues and perspectives

Author(s)

• Jayaram, N.

Bibliographic Information

On civil society : issues and perspectives

editor N. Jayaram ; foreword by Satish Saberwal

（Themes in Indian sociology, v. 7）

Sage Publications, 2005

• : hbk.
• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-308) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Although the concept of civil society is in wide circulation today, there is no consensus among scholars on its definition and attributes. Nevertheless, those who use it agree that it refers to an important reality: that civil society is fundamental to democratic governance. If in political science the civil society discourse was occasioned by a re-thinking on the nature of the state and the dynamics of democracy in India, in sociology the context for the discourse was provided by the plethora of social movements and the role of NGOs in socioeconomic development. In the 13 chapters in this book, well-known scholars elucidate in detail a variety of themes relating to civil society. They delineate the `cultural' and `power' perspectives on civil society, analyze the relationship between `civil society' and `good society, and examine the nature of civil society and its relation to specific institutions or processes, such as farmers' agitations; natural resource management; identity politics; fundamentalism; religion, caste and language; and civil society, the state, and democracy.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Satish Saberwal Civil Society - N Jayaram An Introduction to the Discourse Civil Society, State and Democracy - D N Dhanagare Contextualizing a Discourse On Civil Society - J P S Uberoi State and Civil Society - Vikash N Pandey Reframing the Question in the Indian Context Democracy and Civil Society in India - Satish Saberwal Integral or Accidental? Civil Society, State and Democracy - P K B Nayar Lessonms for India Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society in India - B S Baviskar State versus Local Control in Common Resource Management - Donald W Attwood A Comparative Analysis Nation State and Open Systems of Stratification - Dipankar Gupta Making Room for the 'Politics of Commitment' Civil Society - T K Oommen Religion, Caste and Language in India Religion on the Net - Rowena Robinson An Analysis of the Global Reach of Hindu Fundamentalism and Its Implications for India Civil Society and the Limits of Identity Politics - Ananta Kumar Giri Farmers' Agitation, Civil Society and the State - Staffan Lindberg Civil Society and the Good Society - Andr[ac]e B[ac]eteille

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Details

• NCID: BA76707261
• ISBN:
  • 0761933751
  • 076193376X
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: 325 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN682
  • DC22 : 306/.0954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Civil society -- India -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Democracy -- India -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Non-governmental organizations -- India -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA65250404