South And Central Asian Studies - Master Dissertation

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Politics of Social Movements In India: An Assessment of Chipko Movement and Narmada Bachao Andolan
(Central University of Punjab, 2018) Kumar, Jitendra; Verma, Sudheer Singh
Social movements are concerned with the State Activities like making law and implementation of the law directly or indirectly. In India, the genesis of movements could traced during the British's Rule. India has been experienced social reform movements during the British's rule. The social movements as such concept came into exist after independence. A social movement is a form of collective behavior of large numbers of people, which are uniting for to promote or resist change in society. The politics of social movement's mean that state actions on the issues of social movement like policy, rules and regulations. Social movements are arising issues in society and the policy makers and the politics of social movement is solving the issues with the policy or expressions of the state will. Social movements are helping to formulate the public opinion about issues and provide training of leaders who became part of the political elite. Environmental movements were considering a social movement because both have share same characteristics like collective action and promotes or resist the social problems. Environmental movement is particularly concerned to perceive the environment protection and act to bring changes in environmental policies and practices. In the 1970s, Chipko movement, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to known as the Chipko movement. The name of the movement comes from the word 'embrace' as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors from fallen them. In 1985, Narmada Bachao v Andolan is the most powerful mass movement started, against the construction of a huge dam on the Narmada River. In this project, we discuss the globalisation impact on the chipko movements and Narmada Bachao Andolan with the help of secondary and tertiary source of data through analytical approach. The globalisation affects the chipko movement because different environmental movements in different parts of countries use the tactics of this movement and strategies; it is only possible of globalisation. Narmada Bachao Andolan also affected by globalisation in different points like the withdrawing of World Bank grant and different international organization also support this Andolan through different perspectives like writing and media.
Women's Participation in Panchayati Raj Institution in Punjab: A Case Study of Villages - Bahadurgarh Jandian and Raike Khurd of District Bathinda
(Central University of Punjab, 2018) Singh, Husanpreet; Verma, Sudheer Singh
Panchayati Raj Institutions have always been considered as a means to people's participation in decision-making process regarding their development programmes. It is also materialisation of Philosophy of Gandhi regarding up liftmen of rural community and self-development through their political participation. After Feasibility study conducted by several governmental constitute committees; India have given constitutional validity to the Panchayati Raj institution through introduction of the 73rd constitutional amendment. The constitution has made provision of representation for the disadvantaged section of the society like schedule caste, scheduled tribes and women in the process of local governance as an electoral representative and a voter. To what extent are they facing hurdles to be part of the governance? The study has further made an attempt to find out that whether the conditions of women in rural area of Punjab has been changed through their participation in local governance. For the said study, there has been collected sample data of twenty women representatives. In which, some women are elected representatives of Panchayati Raj and another as voters from the two villages. These data have helped to understand women's participation along with the available theoretical works. At last, the study has found that in male-dominated society, husband of women takes decision in the name of his wife wherever or whenever women becomes a head of v the Panchayati Raj institution at village. The study also found that this has been happening due to lack of education and awareness among women at villages.