Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia write by N. C. Narayanan. This book was released on 2018-10-24. Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses paradigm shifts in water policy and governance, and examines the role of civil society organizations in influencing public policy, while focusing on social equity and democratic participation. It illustrates a range of interesting developments in policy formulation, donor–state nexus, and interventions by civil society and voluntary organizations. The collection of articles provides a comprehensive and current narrative of the state–society relations in South Asia under neoliberal governance reforms, their implications and key responses with regard to water policies. Using case studies, it closely investigates the impact, effectiveness, drawbacks and challenges faced by voluntary organizations and social movements working at various levels in the water sector. The work will interest researchers and students of development studies, environmental studies, natural resource management, water governance, and public administration, as also water sector professionals, policymakers, civil society activists and governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Civil Society in Southeast Asia
Civil Society in Southeast Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society in Southeast Asia write by Lee Hock Guan. This book was released on 2004. Civil Society in Southeast Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is the relevance of civil society to people empowerment, effective governance, and deepening democracy? This book addresses this question by examining the activities and public participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the areas of religion, ethnicity, gender and the environment. Examples are taken from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. State regimes' attempts to co-opt the concept or reject it as alien to "Asian values" have apparently not turned out as expected. This is evident from the fact that many Southeast Asian citizens are inspired by the civil society concept and now engage in public discourse and participation. The experience of civil society in Southeast Asia shows that its impact -- or lack of impact -- on democratization and democracy depends on a variety of factors not only within civil society itself, but also within the state.
Building Sustainable Communities
Building Sustainable Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building Sustainable Communities write by Md. Nurul Momen. This book was released on 2020-11-12. Building Sustainable Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe its relationship to social service programmes and individual well-being; understands the social policy development from the problem identification to policy implementation; describes the range of organization of social service agencies that are responsible for providing social welfare programmes; explores the various roles that professional and non- professional helpers provide in the delivery of social welfare and their influence in promoting change in policy development; and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy.
Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze
Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze write by Gabi Waibel. This book was released on 2013-11-20. Southeast Asia and the Civil Society Gaze available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have seen new opportunities and demands for non-state actors to engage in and manage the effects of rapid socio-economic transformation. This book examines how in both countries, civil society actors and the state manage their relationship to one another in an environment that is continuously shaped and (re)constructed by changing legislation, collaboration and negotiation, advocacy and protest, and social control. Further, it explores the countries’ divergent experiences whilst also uncovering the underlying basis and drivers of civil society activity that are shared by Cambodia and Vietnam. Crucially, this book engages with the contested nature of civil society and how it is socially constructed through research and development activities, by looking at contemporary discourses and manifestations of civil society in the two countries, including national and community-level organisations, associations, and networks that operate in a variety of sectors, such as gender, the environment and health. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Cambodia and Vietnam, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian studies, Southeast Asian politics, development studies and civil society.
Civil Society and Political Change in Asia
Civil Society and Political Change in Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society and Political Change in Asia write by Muthiah Alagappa. This book was released on 2004. Civil Society and Political Change in Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A systematic investigation of the connection between civil society and political change in Asia - change toward open, participatory, and accountable politics. Its findings suggest that the link between a vibrant civil society and democracy is indeterminate: certain civil society organizations support democracy; thers could undermine it.
