This collection of eleven essays identifies the parameters of democratic governance from local to national and global levels. Focusing on the issue of citizen participation, it describes the places where possibilities of active citizenship emerge and conditions which facilitate the same. The issues of solid waste management, education of girl child, institutional reforms, empowerment of women and strengthening of citizen leadership have also been addressed. The book is of great interest for policy makers, researchers and development workers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rajesh Tandon
Rajesh Tandon has a doctorate in organizational behaviour from the Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, in 1978. He founded the Society for Participatory Research in Asia in 1982 to provide support to the grass root initiatives in India and since then has advanced the cause of building organizations and capacities of the marginalised through their knowledge, learning and empowerment. He has advocated for a self reliant, autonomous and competent voluntary sector both in India and at the global level. A renowned authority on participatory research, through his research and practice, Dr. Tandon has contributed to the evolution of new thinking and methodologies in people centered development. He has written extensively on various aspects of development, voluntary sector, the relationship between the state and voluntary sector and in recent times has helped advance the concept of civil society and citizen participation world wide.
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