Smitu Kothari
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Smitu Kothari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Smitu |
| FAMILY NAME | Kothari |
| SIGNATURE | KOTHARI S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social Movements, Ecology, and Justice
A watershed in global governance? An independent assessment of the World Commission on Dams (Executive Summary)
In mid-2000, Medha Patkar, a leader of one of the best-known social movements in India, and Goran Lindahl, the Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's largest engineering firms, participated in a meeting together in Cape Town. The two came from different worlds. Patkar was weak from undertaking a hunger strike to protest a dam on the Narmada River in western India. Lindahl arrived at the last minute on his private jet. Before their meeting,…
Inclusive, just, plural, dynamic
The author offers a comprehensive definition of what a civil society should be, drawing on the vast outpouring of democratic activities within the Third World, as well as of those forces that inhibit or thwart the full realisation of civil society. The author argues that the diversity of such activities are indicative not just of the potential of civil society but also, and more importantly, of the lessons that they teach us on the limits of repr…
Rethinking Human Rights
Rethinking Human Rights
A watershed in global governance? An independent assessment of the World Commission on Dams (Executive Summary)
In mid-2000, Medha Patkar, a leader of one of the best-known social movements in India, and Goran Lindahl, the Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's largest engineering firms, participated in a meeting together in Cape Town. The two came from different worlds. Patkar was weak from undertaking a hunger strike to protest a dam on the Narmada River in western India. Lindahl arrived at the last minute on his private jet. Before their meeting,…
Inclusive, just, plural, dynamic
The author offers a comprehensive definition of what a civil society should be, drawing on the vast outpouring of democratic activities within the Third World, as well as of those forces that inhibit or thwart the full realisation of civil society. The author argues that the diversity of such activities are indicative not just of the potential of civil society but also, and more importantly, of the lessons that they teach us on the limits of repr…
Rethinking Human Rights
Inclusive, just, plural, dynamic
The author offers a comprehensive definition of what a civil society should be, drawing on the vast outpouring of democratic activities within the Third World, as well as of those forces that inhibit or thwart the full realisation of civil society. The author argues that the diversity of such activities are indicative not just of the potential of civil society but also, and more importantly, of the lessons that they teach us on the limits of repr…
A watershed in global governance? An independent assessment of the World Commission on Dams (Executive Summary)
In mid-2000, Medha Patkar, a leader of one of the best-known social movements in India, and Goran Lindahl, the Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's largest engineering firms, participated in a meeting together in Cape Town. The two came from different worlds. Patkar was weak from undertaking a hunger strike to protest a dam on the Narmada River in western India. Lindahl arrived at the last minute on his private jet. Before their meeting,…
Social Movements, Ecology, and Justice
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work) · Art (1 work)