State, Society and the Environment in South Asia / Edition 1

by Stig Toft Madsen

Overview

Contemporary thinking favours local participation and local stake-holding under a decentralized, democratic framework as the just and efficient solution to contemporary South Asian environmental dilemmas and crises. In a series of case studies and more extensive audits, a group of mainly Nordic and American authors seek to substantiate, qualify or criticize this formula. Covering both urban and rural environments, the hills and the plains, the book provides insights into the actual management and mismanagement of resources in India and Pakistan. Contents Income Distribution and Environmental Degradation; The State and Local Management in Colonial Irrigation; Oral Histories of Environmental Change in Rajasthan; The Van Gujjars and the Rajaji National Park; Implementing International Regimes in India; Forest Contractors as Intermediaries in Pakistan's Forestry; Tragedy of Collective Action among farmers in South India; International production of Pesticides; Voluntary Organisations in Environmental Service Provision; The Use of Metaphor in Himalayan Resource Management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780700706143
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/16/1999
Series:	NIAS Man and Nature in Asia
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Madsen, Stig Toft

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 From Wild Pigs to Foreign Trees: Oral Histories of Environmental Change in Rajasthan 3 The Use of Metaphor in Himalayan Resource Management 4 A Community Management Plan: The Van Gujjars and the Rajaji National Park 5 The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Environmental Service Provision 6 International Production of Pesticides: Case Study of Gujarat, India 7 Linkages between Income Distribution and Environmental Degradation in Rural India 8 Deforestation and Entrepreneurship in the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan 9 The Irrigating Public: The State and Local Management in Colonial Irrigation 10 When the Wells Ran Dry: Tragedy of Collective Action among Farmers in South India 11 Nature, State and Market: Implementing International Regimes in India

Editorial Reviews

'A good research book both for activists in search of detailed information about these issues in South Asia and for scholars interested in research methodologies for analysing and documenting the mulitple dimensions of the relationship between society, state and the natural environment.' - Imme Scholz, Internationales Asienforum, International Quarterly for Asian Studies

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