Varieties of activist experience : civil society in South Asia /

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 med...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Other Authors: Gellner, David N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
Series:Governance, conflict and civic action ; v. 3.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 291 pages) : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788132112235 (ebook) :