Development-Induced Displacement in India and China by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Civil Society

Both theoretical and empirical research has attempted to confirm that societies strive politically and economically when they are able to build strong non-state actors and community organizations (Monga 2009). In theory, institutional forms are distinct from those of the state, family, and market, though in practice, the boundaries between state, civil society, family, and market are often complex, blurred, and negotiated. Civil society commonly embraces a diversity of spaces, actors, and institutional forms, varying in their degree of formality, autonomy, and power. Civil societies are often populated by organizations such as registered charities, non-governmental organizations, community groups, women’s organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, trade unions, self-help groups, social movements, business associations, coalitions, and advocacy groups. The role of civil society is important in a situation where the society has to bear high costs for developmental projects that displaced thousands of people. The NGOs working for society, for example, like the Narmada Bachao Andolan in the construction of Sardar Sarovar Project in Narmada and Hirakud Dam in Orissa, and the like, play a big role and push the government to provide compensation for the displaced persons. Apart from the NGOs that agitated against the construction of big dams, there are NGOs that mobilize social movements, especially to protest against the influx of populations in Assam.

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