Environmental politics at the local: Natural resource governance in India (Record no. 134160)

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International Standard Book Number 9789354425721
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Personal name Singh, Satyajit (ed) and
-- Menon, Ajit (ed)
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Title Environmental politics at the local: Natural resource governance in India
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024;
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
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Extent x, 356
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General note Contents<br/><br/>ist of Abbreviations viii<br/>List of Tables, Figures and Maps xi<br/><br/>1. Introduction1<br/>Satyajit Singh and Ajit Menon<br/><br/>2. Deities, Resource Management and Resistance: A Hydropower Project in Kinnaur 35<br/>Amrit Z. Negi<br/><br/>3. The Local in Bihar Flood Management Policy and Politics 61<br/>Pankaj Kumar Jha<br/><br/>4. Coastal Claims and Contestations: Fishing Spaces and Fishy Governance in Uran, Mumbai 86<br/>Hemantkumar A. Chouhan and D. Parthasarathy<br/><br/>5. Common Agricultural Land and Politics of the Local 118<br/>Pampa Mukherjee<br/><br/>6. Protecting Individuals or Communities? Land Management, Protective Law and the Sixth Schedule in Meghalaya 159<br/>Kavita N. Soreide<br/><br/>7. Administration, Management or Service: The Varying Roles of Public, Private and Local Stakeholders in Governing Bangalore’s Lakes 200<br/>Sanchayan Nath<br/><br/>8. Beyond the Local: Historical Political Ecology of Wastewater Distribution in the Wetlands of Kolkata 236<br/>Jenia Mukherjee<br/><br/>9. Politics of Participation and the Myth of Community: Reflections on Joint Forest Management in Sundarban, West Bengal 272<br/>Amrita Sen<br/><br/>10. Reshaping Food Security in India 298<br/>Avantika Singh<br/><br/>11. The Way Ahead: Institutions and Political Power 330<br/>Satyajit Singh and Ajit Menon<br/><br/>Note on the Contributors<br/>Index
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Abstract The practice of decentralisation and devolution of power to the ‘local’ have become central to public policy discourse. Existing scholarship argues that decentralisation will not only allow local communities to better articulate their needs, but also ensure a move towards sustainable, accountable and equitable governance, since local bodies are closer to the people they represent.<br/><br/>While agreeing with this broad consensus, Environmental Politics at the Local takes a critical look at the politics of the local that is central to the wider political economy of decentralisation. Despite its promise to democratise control over natural resources, decentralisation faces socio-political and institutional challenges in situations of unequal property and power relations. This is especially true given the entrenched hierarchies of caste, class, gender and community. These social divisions, and the contestations they lead to, problematise the spatial extent of decentralisation as well as the idea of the local.<br/><br/>The case studies included in the book cut across rural and urban settings. They combine macro critiques of decentralisation with micro explorations of local politics and institutions. The contexts discussed range from issues of land rights in Meghalaya, to the concerns of Koli fishers in Mumbai, and the repercussions of joint forest management in the Sunderbans. Through their nuanced perspectives, the writers ask: To what extent have governments really enabled decision-making at the local level? What kind of gaps emerge between policy vision and implementation? Who represents the ‘local’ when different groups have competing interests?<br/><br/>This book is an essential read for anyone interested in public policy, development studies and environmental and socio-economic justice.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Environment;
-- Natural Resource-India
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