While self-help groups are seen as vital to successful anti-poverty policies , they have failed to develop the collective bargaining power of women and comprehensively incorporate the demands made by beneficiaries.
Governments across the world have exploited the gap between the pace of technological development and the formulation of laws to infringe on the rights of citizens.
Managing human-wildlife conflict in India will involve addressing the power structures that exist between the forest department and the local population.
The Pathalgadi movement questions who benefits from inclusion in the normative modern nation-state, and instead calls for autonomy to protect tribal interests.
