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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. Gov 1255 : Politics of India Prof Prerna Singh. Social Movements. Environmental Movements Women’s Movements Sexual Minority Politics (Guest lecture by Marcus Elridge ). Environmental Movements. Forest Resources Water Resources. Conflict over Forest Resources.

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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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  1. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Gov 1255: Politics of India Prof Prerna Singh

  2. Social Movements • Environmental Movements • Women’s Movements • Sexual Minority Politics (Guest lecture by Marcus Elridge)

  3. Environmental Movements • Forest Resources • Water Resources

  4. Conflict over Forest Resources • Chipko(Hug the Trees) Movement in the Central Himalayas in 1973

  5. Chipko Movement

  6. Conflict over Forests • Chipko(Hug the Trees) Movement • Representative of wide spectrum of forest-based conflicts • Traced to establishment of the Indian forest department in 1864. This was a watershed: • Political • Social • Ecological

  7. Conflict over Forests • Intensified in post-Independence years because of new ecological dimension – dwindling forests • Popular movements focus on 2 issues: • Return of control of forests to community. State must withdraw. • Contrast between the subsistence orientation of villagers and the commercial orientation of the state.

  8. Conflict over Water Big Dams Nehru’s “temples of modern India” Three Critiques of Big Dams: Economic critique: States invariably overvalue benefits &undervalue costs Ecologicalcritique: High incidence of water logging & wholesale submergence of large tropical forests and precious wildlife & fishlife Social critique: Displacement of millions of poor villagers from their ancestral homelands without adequate consultation or compensation

  9. Narmada BachaoAndolan/Save the Narmada Campaign

  10. Leader of the Narmada BachaoAndolan: MedhaPatkar

  11. Critiques of the Narmada Dams by the NBA • that the project has been conceived without adequate participation from the people who are going to be affected; • that many dams are not viable solutions to many of the problems (power, drinking water, flood control, irrigation) they set out to solve, and that there needs to be a greater emphasis on the search for alternative solutions from all concerned (Government, NGOs, people); • that the construction and planning of many dams has disrupted (and will potentially disrupt) the lives of millions of people without just and adequate compensation

  12. Environmental Movements • Forest - Chipko Movement • Water - Narmada BachaoAndolan Gandhian Social Movements

  13. Demonstrations & Satyagrahs

  14. Peaceful Response to Police Repression

  15. Fasts

  16. Jal Samadhi/ Water Burial

  17. Women’s Movements • No single movement • On diverse issues • Traditional focus: • Women’s education • Widow remarriage • New focus • Alcoholism • Physical Abuse by Husbands • Inflation • Environment (Chipko) • Dalit issues

  18. Women’s Movements • Early Women’s Movements: • Movement against Dowry

  19. Movement against Dowry

  20. Women’s Movements • Early Women’s Movements: • Campaign against Dowry • Campaign against Rape

  21. Women’s Movements • Early Women’s Movements: • Campaign against Dowry • Campaign against Rape • Features of Early Women’s Movements: • Popular support • Legislative successes

  22. Women’s Movements • Later Women’s Movements: • Critiques from sections of traditionalist society • Success of early women’s movements • Rise of religious fundamentalism • Pro-sati movements • “Real woman” vs. Feminists

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