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Historical Overview of Social Movements in India and Water Management

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Type: Conference Paper
Author: Choudhary, Kameshwar
Conference: Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium, the Eighth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Conf. Date: May 31-June 4
Date: 2000
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1915
Sector: Water Resource & Irrigation
Social Organization
Region: Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s): IASC
common pool resources
resource management
water resources
policy analysis
institutional analysis
participatory management
indigenous institutions
social movements
Abstract: "India is a country with very deep historical roots. It has strong cultural traditions and institutions of community life. It has experienced important changes in its polity and society in different historical periods. Social movements of varied nature have played an important role in different spheres of life, including the issue of water management. "This paper gives a historical overview of social movements in India with a focus on movements related to water management. First, it touches upon the concept of social movement. Secondly, it briefly sketches the role played by the state and the people in water management in different historical periods. Thirdly, it analyses the responses of the state and the civil society, particularly NGOs in tackling the water crisis in recent years in the country. Finally, it closes with certain concluding observations."

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