NGO's ladder to development-knowledge and the path of solicitation -- Access to water and the science of financial patronage -- Informal settlements, land mafia and failure of government policy -- Women cotton pickers in Pakistan : lost between the civil society and the state -- Why "education...

Civil society in China: historical evolution, ongoing transformation, and future prospects / Zixue Tai -- Reconsidering the concept of civil society: insights from the experiences of Thailand / Thorn Pitidol -- Re-emerging civic activism: restoring the eco-system of the Armenian civil society /...

Introduction -- Organizational change and new actors in global politics -- Rising powers, American capitalism and private foundations -- Enter Seattle -- The power of ideas -- The global South as a laboratory of experimentation -- From Seattle to the fields of India -- Chameleon politics --...

Offering practical examples, this book helps practitioners to apply the insights of how best to pursue a bottom-up approach to development in their own work, while also helping theoreticians and students to develop a strong analytical framework on the subject

Conventional interpretations of the New Economic Policy introduced in India in 1991 see this program of economic liberalization as transforming the Indian economy and leading to a substantial increase in the rate of India's economic growth. But in a country like India, growth is not enough. Who...

Demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian. Discussing and delineating a social development approach, this book argues the need for practicing it at local or grassroots-level communities to promote universal social justice and wellbeing

This book familiarizes readers with the Asia-Pacific region, presents the major social, economic and political issues, maps contemporary community development trends, and critically analyses the challenges of and opportunities for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region