The role of Indian civil society: ensuring State accountability The roots of an Indian autonomous civil society is not to be found in the contemporary rise of a modern state but foremost in the ancient and medieval history of the country. Cast “panchayats”‚ village “panchayats”‚ or traders guilds all illustrates forms of local institutions that had long been untouched by the vicissitudes of the political spheres and remained autonomous from state control. Indian society had been characterised in
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--Examine the Role of Civil Society in Good Governance There are several factors that contribute in governance‚ for instance‚ government‚ civil society and so forth. According to Wapner (2000)‚ the role of government is of most important in the past yet the international community‚ such as civil society. It has already begun to show the effective participation of being one of the stakeholder in various areas. Civil society has increasingly reveal its power in boosting
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DRIVERS OF CHANGE PAKISTAN Civil Society And Social Change In Pakistan Ayesha Khan and Rabia Khan The Collective for Social Science Research March 2004 This paper is part of the Drivers of Change in Pakistan study conducted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Collective for Social Science Research for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The authors thank participants at the IDS-Collective-DFID workshop on Drivers of Change held in Islamabad‚ 6-7th
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MY POST - GRADUATION EXPERIENCE A REPORT PRESENTED TO THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS BY MOHAMMED KABIR YAKUBU KADUNA SEPTEMBER‚ 2007. MY POST– GRADUATION EXPERIENCE REPORT PRESENTED BY MOHAMMED KABIR YAKUBU
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ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN POVERTY ALLEVATION Poverty is one of the major problems for people living on this planet. Close to half of world’s population live on less than 2$ a day (2003). The situation is more frightening in developing countries like Nepal where most of population is below poverty line and there is a large gap between the rich and the poor. But poverty is not only about lack of wealth in monetary terms; it also implies the denial of various choices and opportunities basic to human
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of constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state. Who is an Engineer? Engineers are technically skilled professionals who are responsible for solving problems. Their main focus is on making things work efficiently and effectively by applying the theories and principles of sciences and mathematics to research‚ and develop economic solutions to technical problems. The Engineer differs from the scientist by the nature of their training. While the scientists try to explore
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Assignment 1: Report The role of the Engineer in the Value Chain Introduction In recent years‚ the requirements of commercial and industrial operations in the production of services and goods have been subject to vast changes. In the present era of globalization and increasing international competition‚ a trend away from vertically integrated organizations has become more and more evident. In fact‚ most companies nowadays tend to solely concentrate on their own core competencies‚ outsourcing
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THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN NIGERIAN ELECTIONS. The London School of Economics & Centre for Civil Societies defines Civil societies as a body of individuals carrying out collective action around shared interests‚ purposes and values. Civil society groups also known as non-governmental organisations commonly embrace a diversity of spaces‚ actors and institutional forms‚ they vary in their degree of formality‚ autonomy and power. Civil society groups include organizations
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MATHEMATICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY Civil society is a concept located strategically at the cross-section of important strands of intellectual developments in the social sciences. How can we say that mathematics is related to social sciences. People believe‚ Mathematics is a divine discipline. Some love Mathematics‚ while some fear it; some study Mathematics‚ while some worship it. Ancient Indian Mathematicians like Aryabatta or Bhaskara worshipped Mathematics and lived for it. It was not for any material
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the other hand the unprivileged person is someone who is not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of the people in the society. So in a socio economic point of view the presence of both the class cannot be ignored but with proper ratio. A society can’t only have one of the two to improve or else we can say the wheel of the society can’t be moved freely without the presence of the two but of course there should be a proper balance between these two. The law of the nature says
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