GRASSROOT MOVEMENTS

GRASSROOT MOVEMENTS 

Introduction

1. DL Sheth: 
1. more active in certain parts of country since 70s
2. represent struggle for marginalised sections
3. many micro movements combined to form national level alliance to fight against globalisation
2. Rajni Kothari
1. symbol of dissatisfaction with representational politics and institutional decline
2. decline of parliament and disconnect between people and parties
3. political parties have reduced themselves to electoral machines
1. work at grassroot level only during election
4. hence micromovement led by educated middle class have begun
3. Smita Kothari
1. globalisation has revived grassroot movement throughout the world
2. globalisation has also promoted movement for peace, human rights and movements against corruption
4. Amrita Basu
1. growth due to capitalist model of development and democracy coexisting
5. Ranjita Mohanty
1. grassroot movement have served following
1. replace exclusive narrative of development with inclusive
2. expand non-political space
3. democratice public place
4. renegotiating people's relation with state
5. reconstruction of modernity through discource of citizenship and rights

Farmer's movement

Yogendra Yadav also mentions that present generations of farmers are difficult to deal as they have rural experience and urban

exposure.