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Informationen zum Autor Esbern Friis-Hansen is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark Janki Andharia is a Professor and Dean at the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India Godfrey Suubi is a Socio-Economist at the National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda Klappentext Using rich empirical material from Uganda, India, Bangladesh and Cambodia, this book traces the evolution of democratic rural organizations from their origins as small groups to larger, NGO financed, multi-tier democratic rural organizations. Zusammenfassung Using rich empirical material from Uganda, India, Bangladesh and Cambodia, this book traces the evolution of democratic rural organizations from their origins as small groups to larger, NGO financed, multi-tier democratic rural organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis SECTION I Historical context of evolution of democratic rural organizations Chapter 1 Democratic rural organizations as vehicles for rural development in Africa and Asia Chapter 2 The socio-economic and political contexts of democratic rural organisations in India Chapter 3 The socio-economic and political context of democratic rural organizations in Uganda Chapter 4 The socio-economic and political context of rural organizations in Bangladesh Chapter 5 The socio-economic and political context of rural organizations in Cambodia SECTION II Conceptual framework Chapter 6 Unpacking participation and fostering empowerment Chapter 7 Identifying thresholds for the evolution of Democratic Rural Organizations SECTION III Practical thresholds for the evolution of democratic rural organizations Chapter 8 Mobilising rural people to organize in groups and higher level DRO Chapter 9 NGO-fostered empowerment through membership of democratic rural organisations Chapter 10 About what, when and how to federate democratic rural organisations Chapter 11 Governance: adjusting aims and leadership to address market challenges and satisfy members’ aspirations Chapter 12 Finance for the federation of democratic rural organisations Chapter 13 Accountability in democratic rural organisations Chapter 14 Markets as a threshold for DROs Chapter 15 Navigating political challenges Chapter 16 A Practitioners’ Perspective Chapter 17 Conclusion ...