Voluntary Organisations and Rural Development in South Asia Assumptions and Realities

This book examines the role of voluntary organizations (VOs) in rural development in the south Asian context. While addressing the existing knowledge gap for developmental task sharing with non-government social forces in developing nations; It provides evidence-based knowledge about the structure,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohapatra, Umakanta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The New Face of Voluntarism
  • The Unresolved Qualm- Experiments with Rural Development
  • Sociological Dimension of Sustainable Development
  • Emerging Developmental landscape
  • Entry of New Players
  • Discourse on voluntary organizations (VOs): South Asian Perspective
  • A model methodological formulation for empirical query
  • Voluntary organizations and voluntary action as a socio-historic category
  • Role of voluntary organizations in rural development: VO’s perspective
  • The extent of voluntarism in Vos
  • Performance and Credibility of VOs in people’s perception
  • Portrait of VOs in media lane
  • Resonances of VOs in elite corridor
  • GO-VO equation at the grass root level
  • Mass base and public credibility of the Vos
  • Present dynamics and future trend
  • Way forward for policy making and Research and Development ( R & D) activities