June 2011

Indigenous political ecology approach to social movements in Mexico and Latin America

  The struggle for the recognition of indigenous rights is one of the most important social movements in Mexico. Before the 1970s, existing peasant organizations did not represent indigenous concerns. Since 1975 there has been a resurgence of indigenous movements and have raised new demands and defense of their cultural values. However, indigenous social mobilization had been laid in local and regional peasant...

Author(s):   José G. Vargas-Hernández    

June 2011

An NGO approach in promoting sustainable community development: A case on RDO at Nilgiris district

  After independence, the role of NGO’s is commendable in India and other developing countries and this is because of the inability of the government in delivering the services to the targeted people. The non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or voluntary organizations (VOs) have been working for the betterment of the rural poor especially the downtrodden communities namely: SCs and STs. The NGO’s...

Author(s):   K. Deeppa, Tadamarla Anupama and Inumula Krishna Murthy   .