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After Chipko: from environment to region in Uttaranchal
Although the Chipko movement is practically non-existent in its region of origin it remains one of the most frequently deployed examples of an environmental and/or a women's movement in the South. A small but growing number of commentators are now critiquing much neopopulist theorising on Chipko, and this paper provides an overview of these critiques. It then takes the debate further with reference to a more recent regional movement in the hills. By doing so, the author argues that it is possible to develop a more plausible account of gender, environment and the state in the Uttaranchal region, and illustrate common weaknesses in neopopulist understandings of Chipko and other social movements in the South
Permanent Peoplesâ Tribunal â Session on: Workers and Consumers Rights in the Garment Industry
A report from the International Forum on Clean Clothes, outlining the status of human and labor rights in the garment industry and presenting proposals for improvement
Liberte, egalite, fraternite : exploring the role of governance in fertility decline
Within a short span of human history, a secular decline in fertility has taken place around the world. The timing and pace of this decline correspond broadly with changes in sociopolitical institutions indifferent parts of the world. The author hypothesizes that this shift in childbearing behavior is related to cognitive changes wrought by the move from deeply hierarchical sociopolitical institutions to more egalitarian institutions of modern governance. These changes have enabled socioeconomic mobility and improved people's ability to shape their own lives, internalizing more of the positive and negative implications of their decisions, including those about childbearing. Recent work in development economics argues that policies that foster local accountability are the most conducive to rapid development. The author argues that they also foster personal efficacy and rapid fertility decline. If true, her hypotheses indicate that one can expect development and fertility decline to be associated. Some policy environments may lead to"win-win"situations of rapid developments and fertility decline, while others may generate"lose-lose"outcomes.Decentralization,Early Child and Children's Health,Public Health Promotion,Reproductive Health,Health Economics&Finance,Governance Indicators,Reproductive Health,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Health Economics&Finance,Early Child and Children's Health
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Goodbye to Projects? Working paper 1: Annotated bibliography on livelihood approaches and development interventions.
YesThis paper is one in a series of working papers prepared under a research project on Goodbye to Projects? The Institutional Impacts of a Livelihood Approach on Projects and Project Cycle Management.
This is a collaborative project between the Bradford Centre for International Centre for Development (BCID) with the Economic and Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda; Khanya Âż managing rural change, South Africa; and, the Institute for Development Management (IDM), Tanzania. The project is supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) under their Economic and Social Research Programme (ESCOR).Department for International Developmen
Increasing women's representation in France and India
Cet article prĂ©sente la question de la reprĂ©sentation politique des femmes en France et en Inde. Tout dâabord, il vise Ă mettre en Ă©vidence comment la reprĂ©sentation des femmes Ă©tait inscrite Ă lâagenda politique de chaque pays. Ensuite, il propose un examen critique des arguments utilisĂ©s pour justifier la demande dâune meilleure reprĂ©sentation ainsi que de ceux pour sây opposer. Enfin, il considĂšre les conclusions que lâon peut tirer de ces deux cas. DĂ©passant les cadres comparatifs traditionnels utilisĂ©s par les fĂ©ministes occidentales et en contestant lâinsistance française sur l'idĂ©e d'une France unique, cet article identifie les particularismes et les points communs de chaque cas, pour tenter dâatteindre Ă ce que Shirin Rai appelle âun dĂ©passement enracinĂ© des frontiĂšres culturelles, historiques et politiques.â (Rai, 2000: 15)
New Approaches to Participation in Fisheries Research
This study was commissioned by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and SIFAR (Support Unit for International Fisheries and Aquatic Research) on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research (ACFR). It is concerned with research in the context of fisheries development.The ACFR acknowledges that the fisheries sector is faced with serious social and environmental problems and that current approaches to research have their limitations. It is recognised that participatory approaches and methods potentially have a greater role to play in fisheries research. This study aims to explore that potential and to suggest how we might move forward. The main focus of the report is on experiences in developing countries because this is where much of the innovative work in participation in research is being carried out. However, it is acknowledged that there is also much to be learnt from developed world experience
Shifting conceptions of social (in)justice in Nepal
The purpose of this paper is to analyse and situate the changing discourses of social (in)justice in the context of political transition and restructuring process that Nepal has gone through since 2006. This paper discusses the origin and development of the discourse and analyses how its meaning has changed over time. As the paper argues, the earlier discourses of social justice in Nepal can be linked to the Hindu and Buddhist notion of dharma and various other ethnic cultural traditions. After Janandolan-I in 1990, the policy and practice of social justice began to be equated with the principle of equality, which was based on the assumptions of sameness. After Janandolan-II in 2006, the public conception of social justice has shifted towards a more vocal emphasis on social equity, inclusiveness, proportionate representation and participatory decision-making. The article provides empirical manifestations of social injustices in Nepal, linking them with various discourses and traditions of justice in the early and modern historical, socio-cultural and political contexts. It is hoped that a thorough understanding of historical shifting of public conceptions of social (in)justice in Nepal will be useful in guiding the countryâs future public policies towards inclusive restructuring and equitable development
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