Re-interrogating civil society in South Asia : critical perspectives from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh /: critical perspectives from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter B. Andersen, Rubya Mehdi, Amit Prakash.
• Editors: Andersen, Peter B; Mehdi, Rubya; Prakash, Amit
• Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Dissemination of Civil Society in South Asia: Introductory Considerations Peter B. Andersen, Rubya Mehdi, Amit Prakash and Yasir Sharif Part I: Multifaceted and Local Civil Societies in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh Chapter 2: Building Civil Society in Colonial India during the Long Nineteenth Century James Jaffe Chapter 3: Civil Society in India: What Is It and Where Is It Going? Sumona DasGupta Chapter 4: Clearing Misconceptions about Civil Society in Pakistan Shafqat Munir Ahmad Chapter 5: Civil Society, Human Rights and Political Antagonism in Bangladesh Morten Koch Andersen Part II: Civil Society’s Multiple Hues and Roles Chapter 6: Thieves and Khoji’s in a Non-State, Collectivist System of Justice under Transformation: An Example from a Village of Southern Punjab, Pakistan Rubya Mehdi Chapter 7: Dilemmas Facing Civil Society Institutions in Pakistan: A Case for Organized Labour Charles W. Amjad-Ali and Karamat Ali Chapter 8: Bureaucratic Empowerment as a Tool for Reproduction of Inequalities Anna Romanowicz Chapter 9: Entertaining the Possibility of Society’s Radical Transformation: A Personal View of Women Front (1974–1976) Fauzia Rafique Chapter 10: The Women’s Action Forum, Pakistan: Ideology and Functioning Rubina Saigol Chapter 11: Madrasas and Religious Maslaks as a Case of Skewed Civil Society in Pakistan Yasir Sharif and Peter B. Andersen Chapter 12: Striving for Space in Pakistan under COVID-19 Sohail Akbar Warraich Part III: Civil Mobilization among Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities Chapter 13: The Organization of the Writers’ Community as a Linguistic Minority: The Santal Tribe Peter B. Andersen, Kumkum Bhattacharya, Ranjit K. Bhattacharya and Boro Baski Chapter 14: Imagining Santal Rationality as Empowerment Marine Carrin Chapter 15: Santals: Language, Lyricism, Emotions and Identity Kumkum Bhattacharya and Ranjit K. Bhattacharya Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.954; Civil society -- Pakistan; Civil society -- India; Civil society -- Bangladesh; Religion and civil society
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000371635; 9781000371598; 9781003162490
• Related ISBNs: 9780815385264
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