Part One

Civil Society, State and Nation

1. The Assertion of Civil Society Against the State: The Case of the Post-colonial World



Neera Chandhoke---

2. The Liberation of Civil Society: Neo-liberal Ideology and Political Theory in an African Context

Björn Beckman----



3. Social Movements in Creative Society: Of Autonomy and Interconnection



Manoranjan Mohanty----

4. Africa: Democratic Theory and Democratic Struggles



Mahmood Mamdani ---

5. Nationalism, Nation-building and the State in India

Partha Nath Mukherji----



6. Class, Ethnicity and Autonomy Movements in India Sucha Singh Gill----



7. The Nature and Structure of Ethnic Conflict and Separatism in South Asia

Ishtiaq Ahmed----



Part Two

People's Movements---

8. Popular Movements and Politics of Democratisation: The Philippine Experience in Comparative Perspective

Olle Törnquist---





9. Peasants, Dalits and Women: Democracy and India's New Social Movements

Gail Omvedt-----



10. Farmers' Movements and Cultural Politics in India Staffan Lindberg----



11. Peasant Social Structure, Politics and Democratisation in Nigeria

Abdul Raufu Mustapha----


12. The Story of Agrarian Struggles and Land Reforms in Bengal and West Bengal

Nripen Bandyopadhyaya----

13. The Working-class Movement in India: Trade



Unions and the State

Sharit K. Bhowmik----
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Part Three

Human Rights--

14. The State and Human Rights Movements in India Upendra Baxi----

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15. Civil Liberties Movement and the State in India

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G. Haragopal and K. Balagopal----

16. The State and the Civil Liberties Movement in Nigeria

Adebayo O. Olukoshi----

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17. Depoliticisation of Civil Society: Social Movements and the Corporatist State in Indonesia

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Arief Budiman----

18. Micro-struggles, NGOs and the State



Harsh Sethi-----