The role of Indian civil society: ensuring State accountability The roots of an Indian autonomous civil society is not to be found in the contemporary rise of a modern state but foremost in the ancient and medieval history of the country. Cast “panchayats”‚ village “panchayats”‚ or traders guilds all illustrates forms of local institutions that had long been untouched by the vicissitudes of the political spheres and remained autonomous from state control. Indian society had been characterised in
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--Examine the Role of Civil Society in Good Governance There are several factors that contribute in governance‚ for instance‚ government‚ civil society and so forth. According to Wapner (2000)‚ the role of government is of most important in the past yet the international community‚ such as civil society. It has already begun to show the effective participation of being one of the stakeholder in various areas. Civil society has increasingly reveal its power in boosting
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DRIVERS OF CHANGE PAKISTAN Civil Society And Social Change In Pakistan Ayesha Khan and Rabia Khan The Collective for Social Science Research March 2004 This paper is part of the Drivers of Change in Pakistan study conducted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Collective for Social Science Research for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The authors thank participants at the IDS-Collective-DFID workshop on Drivers of Change held in Islamabad‚ 6-7th
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Anti-Rowlatt Satyagrha intended to mobilize public opinion against the act Jallianwala bagh massacre Reaction In Lahore The hunter commission Assassination of Michael O’ Dwyer Some facts about Rowlatt act Conclusion References ANTI ROWLATT AGITATION Introduction In 1919 Justice Rowlatt looked at the situation and recommended tough new laws to deal with those who stirred up protests. In 1919 his proposals became law‚ known as the Rowlatt Act. Some salient features of the Rowlatt act are that
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The rising tide of civil rights agitation produced a strong effect on public opinion. Many people in cities not experiencing racial tension began to question the nation’s Jim Crow laws and the near century second class treatment of African-American citizens. This resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorizing the federal government to enforce desegregation of public accommodations and outlawing discrimination in publicly owned facilities. This also led to Martin Luther King receiving
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Telangana: no constitutional barriers Now that the proposal for a new Telangana state has entered the legislative stage‚ in the State Assembly and subsequently Parliament‚ the constitutional question will take centre stage: does the absence of a supporting State Assembly resolution for the creation of a new Telangana state‚ an outcome which remains likely‚ render a parliamentary amendment unconstitutional? In this essay I show that this constitutional question sits at the fault lines of two conflicting
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study on “Telangana” - A most powerful ‘Nine’ letter word playing with ‘Nine’ top political parties and wants to take away ‘Nine’ districts‚ which is a big issue in a state of ‘Nine’ crore people. Its Segmentation is Telangana people‚ Targeting is Youth and University students and positioning is as a Political Issue. Telangana is a region in Andhra Pradesh‚ in 1948‚ India put an end to the rule of the Nizam’s and a Hyderabad state was formed. In 1956‚ the Telangana part of Hyderabad
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THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN NIGERIAN ELECTIONS. The London School of Economics & Centre for Civil Societies defines Civil societies as a body of individuals carrying out collective action around shared interests‚ purposes and values. Civil society groups also known as non-governmental organisations commonly embrace a diversity of spaces‚ actors and institutional forms‚ they vary in their degree of formality‚ autonomy and power. Civil society groups include organizations
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"Has civil society helped the poor? - A review of the roles and contributions of civil society to poverty reduction” 1 University of Manchester‚ Brooks World Poverty Institute Solava Ibrahim1 and David Hulme1 (March 2010) Solava.Ibrahim@manchester.ac.uk David.Hulme@manchester.ac.uk BWPI Working Paper 114 Creating and sharing knowledge to help end poverty Brooks World Poverty Institute ISBN : 978-1-907247-13-2 www.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi 1 Abstract This paper
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How‚ why‚ with what extent does civil society participate in global governance? 1. Introduction This essay discusses the ways in which civil society constitutes global governance and whether its role enhances or weakens the process of democratization within international political and economic system. Since global governance encompasses a broad range of meanings (Weiss 2000)‚ I will particularly refer to international legal‚ economic and political institutions and structures. My argument is that
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