Varieties of Activist Experience

Varieties of Activist Experience
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Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 8132112237
ISBN-13 : 9788132112235
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Book Synopsis Varieties of Activist Experience by : David N. Gellner

Download or read book Varieties of Activist Experience written by David N. Gellner and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines in rich detail the lives, struggles, and strategies of South Asian activists seeking to advance various political, social, and environmental causes. Through a series of case studies from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka on activists' efforts, it elucidates how they mediate between different spheres that are often (and sometimes legally) kept apart: the political and the legal, the economic and the political, the local and the international.


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