POLS 3160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mothers Of The Plaza De Mayo, Sex Traffic, Signify
10 Jan 2017
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Women displaced: democracy, development and identity in india- harcourt and escobar (ch 8) There is a continuing assumption among political and economic ruling elites that their interventions in the name of development and democracy are what communities and countries nee: that they are inevitable and just. Development interventions or political, economic and cultural developments have created the loss of meaning and connection to place. Voices, ideas and visions are consequently devalued based on the historical evolution of knowledge systems and the experiences of people located in place. There are significant differences between movements: historical, ideological, cultural. Social justice is not just the relative struggle for rights but also for the definition of what constitutes development, knowledge, democracy and dignity. Movements in india: constantly struggled to redefine democracy from the post-independence period, response of those in political power is to decentralize the state process to more and more localities/local elites.
