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List of contents
1. Introduction Part 1: Conceptualising Holistic Development 2. Risk and Development 3. Development, Spirituality and Risk Governance Part 2: Sarvodaya Movement – Holistic Development and Risk Governance 4. The Sarvodaya Movement from the 1960s – 1980s 5. The Sarvodaya Movement during the 1980s and 2000s 6. Relief and Reconstruction – The Physical Rebuilding of Sarvodaya’s Post-tsunami Resettlement Villages 7. Rehabilitation and Reconciliation – The Social Rebuilding of Sarvodaya’s Post-tsunami 8. Stalled Reawakening and the Economics Sphere 9. Stalled Reawakening: Power and Consciousness Spheres 10. Conclusion
About the author
Praveena Rajkobal is currently a consultant at GreenTech Consultants (Pvt) Limited in Sri Lanka. Praveena holds degrees from Deakin University, Australia (Ph.D. 2018), Monash University, Australia (Master of Environmental Science 2011) and the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (B.A. Honours in Sociology 2006). Her research interests include community development, social change, risk governance and social movements. She has been conducting research in Australia and Sri Lanka and publishing in these areas since 2014.
Summary
The book provides an important case study of how local cultures, religions and spiritualties can enhance development activities, and provide helpful frameworks for contemporary societies facing the pressures of neoliberalism.
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"Rajkobal’s The Sarvodaya Movement, well grounded in fieldwork conducted in three Tsunami villages, surpasses previous scholarship. Its holistic interpretation of the most prominent Buddhist NGO in Sri Lanka is very convincing. The sound interpretation produced in Rajkobal's work underlines philosophy that sustains its sustainable thinking. A useful work for everyone in development studies." -- Mahinda Deegalle, Professor in Study of Religions, Philosophies and Ethics, Bath Spa University, UK
