On Civil Society, Again
Civil Society, State and Public Policy in South India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6170798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anil Kumar Vaddiraju (0000-0002-9441-5252, Institute for Social and Economic Change, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-66 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Indian Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2321-0230 • E-ISSN: 2321-7472 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2321023014526090 |
| OpenAlex | W2158957329 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
It is often assumed that civil society’s influence on governance can only be complementary to the state and that it must be exercised through conciliatory approaches. But contrary to that assumption, a study of civil society organizations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh shows that the civil society may attempt to influence governance process through multiple strategies. These include conciliatory approaches, adversarial approaches and a combination of both, depending on the issue or policy on which the influence is sought to be exercised. This article illustrates this by taking the examples of two intermediary NGOs: one from Karnataka and the other from Andhra Pradesh. The question this article raises is: in the context of globalization and the supposedly prominent role of civil society, how effective are they? This article argues that they still happen to be subsidiary partners in the paradigm of ‘governance-through-networks’. By and large, public policy still happens to be influenced by, first the state, and second, multilateral donor organizations as well as multinational companies, although civil society activism itself should be welcome and need not be viewed with scepticism
Adversarial system · Civil society · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economics · Global governance · Globalization · Management · Multinational corporation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Sociology · State (computer science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |