People’s Participation and Voluntary Action: Dimensions, Roles and Strategies

This book titled "People’s participation and Voluntary Action: Dimensions, Roles and Strategies" is a kind of introductory book on the said subject. It mainly reflects on the participatory methodologies applied in developmental activities and the significance of people’s initiatives in monitoring and implimentation. Both, major principles and contemporary practices, nationally and internationally, has been covered. Focus also lies on voluntarism, the dimensions of voluntary organizations including their social/community involvement and the role of civil society in popular participation. The strategies followed by this third state in organising grass-roots actions and implementing social action programmes is discussed in detail. "Voluntarism", as an alternative model of development, is dealt in detail. "Voluntarism", as an alternative model of development, is dealt in detail. Similarly, voluntary action prevailing in different sectors has been given an extensive coverage. As voluntary sector has clearly emerged as a force to reckon with, its importance in inculcating participatory action and evolution of people’s movement is discussed. Also the role of NGOs in developing strategic capabilities/alliances for social transformation has been critically evaluated. The state of affairs of these local self-government agencies in the 21 century has been taken into account. The benefits of strengthening voluntary and social action in India and abroad, in particular, in other Third World Countries, has been mentioned briefly, so has been the institutional and ethical frameworks of such initiatives required to achieve these benefits. In sum, this book will be useful both for subjective analysis and objective enforcement of people’s participation and voluntary action in contemporary society.