Crafting Inclusive Development : The Confluence of Civil Society, State and Social Movements

Entrenched into the dialectics of institutional claim of 'inclusive development' juxtaposed by shrinking of the state under the aegis of globalization, the relationship between state. civil society and social movements is undergoing a dramatic shift in the contemporary society. Concomitantly. The consistent failure of the state in redistributing development benefits and in executing social welfare induced pervasive unrest manifests in the emergence of social movements and activism by civil society across the country. In the backdrop of reframing the interconnectivity between state, civil society and inclusive development this book with a good collection of papers develops a new approach of "Crafting Inclusive Development" emphasizing on the need to view the process of development as complex dialogue between citizen and nation state in the context of activism and agitations. This book - before you -is the revelation of the prospects and predicaments of 'crafting inclusive development' by the interface of the state with social movements and civil society with the review of ideas and analysis of empirical evidences emerging from the contemporary India.