Eruptions, Initiatives and Evolution in Citizen Activism
Eruptions, Initiatives and Evolution in Citizen Activism is the result of a collaborative research project spanning Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. The book analyses internal and external challenges to civil society in more than twenty countries. It investigates through studies of countries that include South Africa, India, and the Netherlands civil society evolution; examinations of citizen activism, such as Occupy London, the Chilean student movement, the Cambodian farmers campaign against land grabs; regional overviews such as the Southern Cone of Latin America, Southern Africa, and Russia. The studies identify changing roles, capacities, contributions and limitations of civil society in response to changing political, economic, and social contexts. The book goes on to present selected studies, identifies patterns and lessons that emerge across countries and regions. It articulates the implications of those lessons for practitioners and policy makers concerned with civil society contributions to national and regional development.
This book was originally published as a special double issue of Development in Practice.
Rajesh Tandon is the founder President of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), an India-based NGO that provides civil society research and capacity building. He has been active in regional and international initiatives to strengthen civil society, democratic governance, and active citizenship.
L. David Brown is a retired Senior Research Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. He was co-Founder and President of the Institute for Development Research, a civil society research and capacity building center in Boston. He works on civil society development, cross-sector collaboration, and transnational civil society organisations.
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Contents
Rajesh Tandon and L. David Brown
Mutizwa Mukute and James Taylor
James Taylor
Jackline Kabahinda
Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay
Debika Goswami and Rajesh Tandon
Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay and Thida C. Khus
Anabel Cruz
Ins M. Pousadela
Ins M. Pousadela
Brian Pratt and Rowan Popplewell
Neil Howard and Keira Pratt-Boyden
Rik Habraken, Lucas Meijs, Lau Schulpen, and Cristien Temmink
Maro Pantazidou
Charles Buxton and Evgenia Konovalova
Rajesh Tandon and L. David Brown
The chapters in this book were originally published in Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
Guest Editors Introduction: Civil societies at crossroads: eruptions, initiatives, and evolution in citizen activism
Rajesh Tandon and L. David Brown
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 601608
Chapter 2
Struggles for systems that nourish: southern Africa civil society contributions and challenges to the creation of flourishing societies
Mutizwa Mukute and James Taylor
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 609616
Chapter 3
Struggles against systems that impoverish: South African civil society at the crossroads
James Taylor
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 617630
Chapter 4
Kampala city traders (KACITA) strike for action
Jackline Kabahinda
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 631643
Chapter 5
Civil society at multiple crossroads in Asia
Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 644652
Chapter 6
Civil society in changing India: emerging roles, relationships, and strategies
Debika Goswami and Rajesh Tandon
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 653664
Chapter 7
Changing civil society in Cambodia: in search of relevance
Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay and Thida C. Khus
Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 56 (August 2013) pp. 665677
Chapter 8
