Conference topic: Panel no. 73 - New Social Movements and Development: Perspectives from Global South

The presentation seeks to illuminate the state of social movements and inclusion related to health care and quality of life in contemporary Nepal. In particular, the presentation focuses on the medical reform movement lead by Dr. Govinda K.C. as well...

Social Movements have become the key feature of modern political life. Touraine, Melucci, Offe and others opined the new post-industrial or information societies are fostering a growing awareness of differences through subcultures and counter-cultures, and that these are generating New...

A social movement in the words of Anthony Giddens, is a collective attempt to further a common interest or secure a common goal through actions outside the established institutions. The world has seen many movements which resonated around the demand...

The paper will inquiry three questions namely first, the revisit of concept and context from peasant to farmers movement, second origin of new farmers movement and finally the intensity of the new farmers movement in India. The farmers movement is...

Over the years several industrial, mining and irrigation projects have come up in Odisha and it’s a failure on the part of government that it could not include the tribal and poor in the ensuing development. The Naxal movement in...

New Social Movements have been the spotlight of Global South since a long time. One such important new social movement is Niyamgiri Movement in the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada, in Odisha. A complete trendsetter movement of newer patterns of...