Democratic Rural Organizations: Thresholds for Evolution in Africa and Asia

ISBN-13: 9780367889821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 228 str.

Esbern Friis-Hansen; Janki Andharia; Suubi Godfrey

Opis

Using rich empirical material from Uganda, India, Bangladesh and Cambodia, this book traces the evolution of democratic rural organizations from their origins as small groups to larger, NGO financed, multi-tier democratic rural organizations.

Spis treści

SECTION I Historical context of evolution of democratic rural organizations

Chapter 1 Democratic rural organizations as vehicles for rural development in Africa and Asia

Chapter 2 The socio-economic and political contexts of democratic rural organisations in India

Chapter 3 The socio-economic and political context of democratic rural organizations in Uganda

Chapter 4 The socio-economic and political context of rural organizations in Bangladesh

Chapter 5 The socio-economic and political context of rural organizations in Cambodia

SECTION II Conceptual framework

Chapter 6 Unpacking participation and fostering empowerment

Chapter 7 Identifying thresholds for the evolution of Democratic Rural Organizations

SECTION III Practical thresholds for the evolution of democratic rural organizations

Chapter 8 Mobilising rural people to organize in groups and higher level DRO

Chapter 9 NGO-fostered empowerment through membership of democratic rural organisations

Chapter 10 About what, when and how to federate democratic rural organisations

Chapter 11 Governance: adjusting aims and leadership to address market challenges and satisfy members’ aspirations

Chapter 12 Finance for the federation of democratic rural organisations

Chapter 13 Accountability in democratic rural organisations

Chapter 14 Markets as a threshold for DROs

Chapter 15 Navigating political challenges

Chapter 16 A Practitioners’ Perspective

Chapter 17 Conclusion

O autorze

Esbern Friis-Hansen is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark

Janki Andharia is a Professor and Dean at the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Godfrey Suubi is a Socio-Economist at the National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda