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    DEVELOPMENT DIGEST
    A state of the art series of carefully selected articles on issues of development, social justice and structural transformation, compiled from newspapers, journals, reports, newsletters, books, magazines and the Internet, put together because of their relevance and public importance.


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    Below are contents of each issue of DD!
    Contents - DD18 - Latest Arrival !
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    1. Decentred coalescence
    To Remake the World
    by Paul Hawken
    The Burgeoning Global Movement
    (Paul Hawken's response to activist and author, Kate Davies)  
     
    CONVERGENCE






    2. Global Kleptocracy
    SEZ: Sense [of belonging] Eroded Zilla:
    Colony-islands within a nation-state
    by Soumitra Bose
    The Growing Revolt against Disposability
    by Aseem Shrivastava
    Land Alienation and Local Communities
    by V Ratna Reddy, B Suresh Reddy
    Financing for Development
             by Michael M Cernea    
    DISPLACEMENT



    Contents - DD17
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    1. Habitat and Disaster
    NGOs, Disasters, and Advocacy:
    Caught between the Prophet and the
    Shepard Boy
    by Alan Whaites
    Community Based Preparedness, Prevention
    and Mitigation: Sustainable Approaches
    by Dr. Dipankar Das Gupta
    Farce follows Disaster
    by Mar Martin
    From Eco-tourism to Equitable-tourism
    by Naren Karunakaran
     
    HABITAT






    2. Defining India's Identity:
    An Alternative Vision
    by Bhikhu Parekh

    DEVELOPMENT

    3.



    4.



    5.
    In Search of Elusive Jobs
    by T.K. Rajalakshmi

    `Trickle-down' theory doesn't hold up
    by Robert H.Frank



    `Its outright war and both sides are choosing their weapons'
    Shoma Chaudhary interviews Arundhati Roy


    DEVELOPMENT


    DEVELOPMENT THEORY


    INTERNAL HEGEMONY



    Contents - DD16
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    1. Habitat - post tsunami issues
    Disaster Rehabilitation, giving direction
    to Sustainable Development
    A talk by Sandeep Virmani
    Challenges and risks in post-tsunami
    housing reconstruction in Tamil Nadu
    by Jennifer Duyne Barenstein
    The Daily Apocalypse by Satya Sagar
    Tsunami  Recovery: Sustainability, Poverty,
    and the Politics of Aid
    by Dr.Vandana Shiva
     
    HABITAT






    2. WSF - beyond its 'use by' date?
    Is the WSF Movement in Crisis?
    by Lee Sustar
    World Social Forum: Just
    another NGO Fair?
    by Firoze Manji
    The World Social Forum: From
    Defense to Offense
    by Immanuel Wallerstein
    From WSF 'NGO trade fair'
    to Left politics?
    by Patrick Bond

    CONVERGENCE

    3.
    Wrong Model to Emulate
    Dipak Basu
    INDUSTRIALISATION



    Contents - DD15 
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    1. Old Gold
    Open Letter to M.S. Swaminathan
    by Bhaskar H. Save
    Vernacular Values
    by Ivan Illich

    Tradition & Modernity






    2. Reclaiming Globalisation as Our Own
    How to Judge Globalism
    by Amartya Sen
    Democracy as a Universal Value
    by Amartya Sen
    Poverty and Political Freedom
    by Rajeev Bhargava
    Social Movements in the Age of Globalisation
    by Hermann Maiba

    GLOBALISATION


    DEMOCRACY

    CONVERGENCE

    3.
    Books Harish Sethi reviews
    Social Movements In India: Poverty, Power and Politics
    edited by Raka Ray and
    Mary Fainsod Katzenstien
    SOCIETY & CHANGE










    Contents - DD14
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    1. The Great Divide
    Gandhi's Speech at Indian Institute of Science
    From Young India
    It May Be Beyond Passe- But We'll
    Have To Do Something About The Rich

    by Jonathan Freedland
    Lucky
    A poem by Varavara Rao


    SOCIETY AND CHANGE






    2. Turning Globalisation on its Head
    Politics of Subversion
    Shelly Walia reviews Multitude
    by Michael Hardt and Antonio

    GLOBALISATION
    3.
    Is Convergence Possible?
    It's Time to Build a Mass Movement
    by Bruce Dixon
    Weaver's Movement: A New Social Movement in Response to Globalisation
    by Shambu Prasad
    Create Alternative Centres of Power
    Shalini Umachandran interviews Douglas Allen
    Interview- Teivo Teivainen
    Carta Maior interviews Teivo Teivainen

    CONVERGENCE


    SOCIAL MOVEMENTS


    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION



    4.
    The Practice of Transformation
    Realizing Hope
    Review of Realizing Hope: Life Beyond Capitalism
    by Michael Albert

    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION

    Contents - DD13
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    1. The Spirit of Labour
    The Idea of Work
    by Ela Bhatt, Renana Jhabvala
    Building a Creative Freedom:
    J C  Kumarappa and His Economic Philosophy
    by Venu Madhav Govindu, Deepak Malghan
    Feminist Perspectives on Class and Work
    From Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosphy
    The Scandinavian Model
    by Jonathan Power

    LABOUR





    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
    2. The End of the End of History
    by John Gray

    DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    3.
    The Non-Profit & The Autonomous Grassroots
    by Eric Tang


    STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
    4.
    The New Economics of Ecological Capital
    by John Vidal

    NEW ECONOMICS
    5.
    Paradigm Shift
    by Ranjit Hoskote reviews
    Prophets Facing Backward

    by Meera Nanda


    TRADITION & MODERNITY

    Contents - DD12
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    1. The Business of Hunger
    by Devinder Sharma
    DEVELOPMENT POLICY

    2. Water! water!! Everywhere!!
    But for Everyone?

    Bhakra Dam - A Different View
    Siddharth Narrain reviews
    Unravelling Bhakra:
    Assessing the Temple of Resurgent India
    by Shirpad Dharmadhikary

    DEVELOPMENT POLICY

    Managing Water
     A Vaidyanathan reviews
    WATER: Perspectives, Issues, Concerns
    by Ramaswamy R Iyer

    DEVELOPMENT POLICY

    Water Sector Reforms in Mexico:
    Lessons for India's New water Policy
    by Tushaar shah, Christopher Scott, Stephanie Buechler

    STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT

    Leapfrog Beyond `Modern' Water Paradigm
    by Sunita Narain

    DEVELOPMENT POLICY


    Contents - DD11
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    1.
    Inclusion for Urban Sustainability
    The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing
    by P. Sainath
    Patriotic and Worthy
    by Dlilip D'Souza
    Towards Cities of Poverty
    by John Vidal


    URBANISATION
    2. The Innovative Space
    Architecture of the New Society
    by Chris spannos
    The Shanghai Difference
    by Jayati Ghosh
    Towards Green Cities
    by B.S.Padmanabhan


    URBANISATION
    3. House of Bamboo
    by Maitreyee Handique

    ALTERNATIVES
    4.
    Vir Sanghvi on Calcutta
    by Vir Sanghvi

    URBANISATION


    Contents - DD10
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    1.
    The Sen difference
    by John M. Alexander


    DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    2. Measuring Human Development
    by John M. Alexander, Koen Decancq

    DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    3. Sweden Vs. England
    by George Monbiot

    DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    4.
    Employment as a Social Responsibility
    by Jean Dreze

    RURAL POVERTY & EMPLOYMENT
    5.
    Rural Assets for Employment
    by Sunita Narain


    RURAL POVERTY & EMPLOYMENT
    6.
    Need for a Universal EGS
    by Prabhat Patnaik

    RURAL POVERTY & EMPLOYMENT
    7.
    Fresh Challenges for Micro-Finance
    by Keya Sarkar

    DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
    8.
    Have Green Campaigners Changed their Colour?
    by Alison Maitland

    CONVERGENCE
    9.
    The Medium Really is the Message
    by Jean K. Min

    MEDIA & SOCIETY



    Contents - DD09
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    1.
    Shock and Awe
    More than a Million Hiroshimas

    by P.Sainath

    DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
    2. Twenty-Two These on the Problems of Democracy in the World Social Forum
    by Teivo Teivainen

    CONVERGENCE
    3. Building on the Success of the London ESF
    by Alex Callinicos

    CONVERGENCE
    4.
    Can the Left Deliver
    Indian Elections and Resistance
    Arundhati Roy on the Indian Election, Her support for the Iraqi Resistance and the Privatisation of war

    Amy Goodman interviews Arundhati Roy
    What has changed after Lula?
    by Plinia Arruda Sampia

    POLITICAL MOBILISATION
    5.
    Rural Health:
    Absence of Mission or Vision?

    by K R Nayar

    DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
    6.
    Living the Future into Being
     by David C. Korten

    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION



    Contents - DD08
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    DD 08 coverpage
    1.
    Time Will tell
    The Optimism of Uncertainty
    by Howard Zinn
    The Struggle for More Freedom and Justice is Always an Uphill Task
    N.Ram interviews Noam Chomsky


    POLITICAL MOBILISATION
    2. Global Economics:
    Time Banking Conference, September 14, 2004
    by Sean Gonsalves

    NEW ECONOMICS
    3. Bite Back! The Return of the Co-operative
    by Jojnston Birchall,
    extract from The International Co-operative Movement

    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
    4.
    Alternatives to Economic Globalization:
    A Better World Is Possible, 2nd Edition
    Media Advisory published by Antonia Juhasz,
    The International Forum on Globalization


    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
    5.
    Redefining Politics
    Globalization and New Politics of Micro-Movements
    by D L Sheth
     
    SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
    6.
    Tongue-in-cheek
    Tower of Gabble
    by P.Sainath

    DEVELOPMENT





    Contents - DD07
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    1 The State is Back
    Sociology of the Verdict: Is it a New Beginning ?

     
    by Avijit Pathak
    The State in Popular Imagination
    by Neera Chandhoke

    The Role of the State and NGOs in Southern India
    by V.Vivekanandan

     
    SOCIETY & CHANGE
    2.


    Who's in Charge ?
    Worldwide Displacement of Democratic Judgement By Expert Assessments
    by Steve Rayner

     
    STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
    3.
    Giving Credits to Moneylenders!
    Moneylender's Positive Image: Paradigms and Rural Development
     
    by Shishir Sharma, S Chamala
    Moneylender's Positive Image: Regression in Development, Thought and Policy
    by Pallavi Chavan

     
    STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
    4. It's called Virtual Water...
    by Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar

    STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT


    Contents - DD06
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    1.
    Education as Vision for Social Change
    Amman Madan reviews
    Elementary Education for the Poorest and Other Disadvantaged Groups: The Real Challenge of Universalisation
    by Jyothsna Jha and Dhir Jhingran


    EDUCATION

    2.
    Means and Ends
    Violence and Political Culture: Politics of the Ultra Left in Bihar
     
    by Arun Kumar
    Naxalites : Time for Introspection
     
    by Sumanta Banerjee

    POLITICAL MOBILISATION
    3.
    The Political Economy of Spraw in the Developing World
    Multinational Monitor interviews Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka

    URBANISATION
    4.
    The Real Free Markets
    Markets, Antimarkets and Network Economics

    by Manuel de Landa

    Danny Yee reviews Civilisation and Capitalism 15th-18th Century
    by Braudel Fernand

    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
    5. Engagement with the RealWorld
    Where Agriculture meets Empire

    Robert Jensen interviews Wes Jackson

    SOCIETY & CHANGE
    6.
    Throwing away the Problem with Water
    by Sudhirendar Sharma

    STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT



    Contents - DD05
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    1. Denationalised Middle Class
    by Rajesh Kochhar

    SOCIETY & CHANGE
    2.
    Keeping the Faith
    Winners and Losers
    by Harish Khare
    The Vision Difficiency Syndrome by Harish Khare
    Indian Politics at the Crossroads: Towards Election 2004

    by Aijaz Ahmed,
    extract from Will Secular India survive, edited by Mushirul Hasan
    We, the Losers by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan

    CIVIL SOCIETY


    3. Theory can follow Practice
    Unchaining Captive Hearts
    by Jeremy Seabrook

    SOCIETY & CHANGE
    4.
    Sustainability Mantra
    Sustaining Markets or Sustaining Poverty Reduction ?

    by Diana Mitlin

    DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
    5. Reversing Development
    Poverty, the child of Progress

    by Teddy Goldsmith

    DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    6.
    Thirty Years On - Small is Still Beautiful
    by Andrew Simms
    Small is Beautiful, Epilogue
    by E.F.Schumacher


    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION



    Contents- DD04
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    1.
    New Millenium Voluntary Agencies
    The Pain of Others

    by Vijay Mahajan

    Civil Society Hijacked
    by Neeta Chandhoke
    Democracy Must be worked at
    by Sunita Narain

    NGOs

     

    2.
    Me Marx, You Foucault...continued
    Left-Liberalism and Caste Politics

    by Nalini Rajan

    Differing Boundaries
    - T.Kannan reviews
    Dalit Identity and Politics
    edited by Ghanshyam Shah


    DALIT IDENTITY
    3.
    The Politics of Convergence
    New Revolts against The System

    by Immanuel Wallestein

    CONVERGENCE
    4.
    Globalisation from Below
    Workers and Globalisation

    by C.T.Kurien

    - a review of Globalisation and Labour:
    The New Great Transformation
    by Ronaldo Munck

    LABOUR



    Contents- DD03
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    1.
    Me Marx, You Foucault !
    The Parameters of Resistance
     
    by Amiya Kumar Bagchi
    Future Perspectives for Popular Social and Political Movements
     
    by James Petras


    COALESCENCE
    2.
    Participatory Economics: Parecon
    Znet interviews Michael Albert author of Parecon: Life after Capitalism
    Building Institutional Forms for Parecon: A Look at Argentina
    -
    Ezequiel  Adamovsky in an interview with Michael Albert
    Zanon Ceramics: Self Management
    by James Petras

    NEW ECONOMICS
    3.
    The Tranny of Time
     
    by Jay Walljasper

    SOCIETY AND CHANGE
    4.
    Let Us Move Forward
    Back to the Future

    by Kathyayini Chamaraj


    TRADITION AND MODERNITY
    5.
    Beyond Real Estate
    by Javed Akthar

    COMMUNALISM



    Contents -DD02
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    1. Democracy for Social Transformation
    Beyond Democracy
    by Rajni Kothari
    Exploring Democracy
     by Ashutosh Kumar-a review of democracy in India
    edited by Niraja Gopal Jayal
    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
    2.
    Agroecology Works !
    Towards an Agroecological Alternative for the Peasantry
     by Peter Rosset

    BIO-REGIONALISM
    4.
    The Tide is Turning
    Promise of the Chavex Offensive

    by C.P.Chandrasekhar

    SOCIAL-POLITICAL MOBILISATION
    5.
    Water Grab
    Water Woes

    by Sarosh Bana

    A Bid...for Water
    by DarrylD'Monte

    The Last Common Property : A Historical Reminder
    by Richard Mahapatra

    Water Crisis by Anil Laul

    COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES
    6.

     

    Depoliticisation 
    A Text Without A Context

    by Neera Chandhoke

    DEPOLITISATION
    7. Do Globalise
    Pratap Pandey 
    review Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debates
    by
    Naomi Klein; Ed Debra Ann Levy

    GLOBALISATION


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    1.

    The Invention of UNDERdevelopment
    Excerpts from The Development Dictionary
     
    by Wolfgang Sachs (Editor)

    DEVELOPMENT THEORY
    2.
    The See-Saw Struggle against Poverty
    Falling into Poverty : Other Sideof Poverty Reduction Reductuion

     by Anirudh Krishna

    DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
    3.
    Sustaining Localisation
    Bringing the Food Economy Home
     by Helena Norberg Hodge & Steven Gorelick

    BIO-REGIONALISM
    4.
    An Architect of Localisation
    Architecture for the People
     
    - Joginder Singh interviews Laurie Baker

    ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION
    5.
    Civilising Dissent
    Debating Civil Society
    -
    Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya reviews
    The Conceits of Civil Society

    by Neera Chandhoke

    CIVIL SOCIETY
    6.
    The Bondage of the Irrational
    Some Choice Adjectives
    Pratap Bhanu Mehta reviews Rationality and Freedom  
    by Amartya Sen

    SOCIETY AND CHANGE
    7.
    Another Globalisation Is Possible
    Anti-War Upsurge
     
    by Aijaz Ahmed

    POLITICAL MOBILISATION
    8.
    An ATTACK on Financial Markets
    Bernard Cassen on the ATTAC

    by James Brown

    POLITICAL MOBILISATION