Publisher: Rawat Publications
Author: Liyiyu, Abhijit Dasgupta
Language: English
Edition: 2024
ISBN: 9789819974900
Pages: 259 pages
Cover: Hardback
ALTERNATIVES IN DEVELOPMENT: Local Politics and NGOs in China and India
This book deals with the dynamics of local-level politics in China and India. China introduced new policies to restructure local politics in 1978. In place of communes, civil society organizations and cooperatives were introduced in villages. More changes came about with the introduction of the Organic Law of the Villagers' Committees of the People's Republic of China in 1998. The new local power structure includes state-sponsored institutions like Villagers Committees and the traditional civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs).
As in China, local politics in India has undergone considerable changes over the last few decades. Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) were reformed in 1992 with a constitutional amendment act, enabling CSOs and NGOs to function more freely. Against this background, the book aims to present and compare two different models of local politics and development. This comparative perspective on China and India offers valuable insights for scholars of rural governance, rural transformation, and the role of grassroots CSOs and NGOs in shaping development programs in Asia's two most populous countries.
