Mohanty, Ranjita,

Democratizing development : struggles for rights and social justice in India / Ranjita Mohanty. - 1st ed. - New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2018. - xii, 195 p. ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: democratizing development: issues and actors -- Contesting development, reimagining democracy: grassroots social movements -- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: access and inclusion in development -- Participatory governance: the paradoxes of development and democracy -- Joint forest management: the making and unmaking of participation -- The Kol resistance: tribal mobilization for land rights -- Collective economies of the poor: the ethics of equity -- Conclusions: development as democracy.

9789352807277 (hbk)

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Economic development--Political aspects--India.
Democracy--Economic aspects--India.
Political participation--India.
Social justice--India.
Human rights--India.

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