Hettige, Siri.

Governance, Conflict and Development in South Asia : Perspectives from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (308 pages) - Governance, Conflict and Civic Action Series . - Governance, Conflict and Civic Action Series .

Cover -- Series Note -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE -- 2 - 'Participation' and 'Empowerment' in the Development Discourse -- 3 - The Idea of Development as Governance -- PART II: EXPERIENCING DEVELOPMENT AND CONFLICT AT NATIONAL LEVEL -- 4 - Governance and Development in Post-independence Sri Lanka -- 5 - Rituals of Democracy and Development in Nepal -- PART III - GOVERNANCE, CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCE AT THE GRASSROOTS -- 6 - Negotiating a Dual Governance System during the Conflict in Nepal -- 7 - Empowerment of Excluded Groups -- 8 - Between Order and Chaos -- PART IV - IDEAS AND INTERESTS IN GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONFLICT-RIDDEN SOCIETIES -- 9 - Economic Growth to Conflict Mitigation -- 10 - Good Governance and Development in a Shrinking Local Policy Space -- Glossary -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index.

Analyses on how the processes of governance, development and conflict are inter-connected!.

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Social conflict-History-21st century.
Economic development-History-21st century.
South Asia-Politics and government-21st century.


Electronic books.

JQ98.A58 .G684 2015

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