CONTENTS:-
I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE:
- 'Participation' and 'Empowerment' in the Development Discourse: Rethinking Key Concepts / Ravinder Kaur and Vinod K Jairath
- The Idea of Development as Governance: India in the First Decade of Independence / Dilip M Menon
II: EXPERIENCING DEVELOPMENT AND CONFLICT AT NATIONAL LEVEL:
- Governance and Development in Post-Independence Sri Lanka / Siri Hettige
- Rituals of Democracy and Development in Nepal / David N Gellner
III: GOVERNANCE, CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCE AT THE GRASSROOTS:
- Negotiating a Dual Governance System during the Conflict in Nepal / Natalie Hicks
- Empowerment of Excluded Groups: Local Democracy and Social Change in Rural Odisha, Eastern India / B B Mohanty
- Between Order and Chaos: Jaffna’s Local Images of Governance during Conflict / Eva Gerharz
IV: IDEAS AND INTERESTS IN GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONFLICT-RIDDEN SOCIETIES:
- Economic Growth to Conflict Mitigation: Changing Aid Strategies of Nepal’s Donors / Acharya Laxman
- Good Governance and Development in a Shrinking Local Policy Space: GATS and Service Sector Reforms / Dileepa Witharana
