“Narmada Bachao Andolan "

GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS SERIES

OLD GAME NEW RULES: HOW LINKAGES mingled with LOCAL AND GLOBAL INTEREST GROUPS PUT PRESSURE ON THE STATE

THE FUND FOR PEACE

This paper examines the construction of large dams on the River Narmada in central India, and its impact on people living in the river valley. The paper discusses how the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), or Save Narmada Movement, marked a corner in the history of the development of Social Movement Organizations in India, and illustrates how globalization of local movements can empower typically marginalized nonage groups, changing the dynamic of inter- and intra-national relations. Introduction Since the fall of the Soviet spousal relationship and the explosion of telecommunications technologies, the monolithic and unitary characteristics of the nation-state have become somewhat less absolute. Today, multiple, transnational linkages have shifted the traditional dynamic mingled with state and non-state actors, complicating international relations. Within this framework, NGOs with international memberships numbering in the millions have emerged as important actors.1 This geo-political shift has impacts, both substantiative and negative, with respect to humanitarian and strategic security interests.



One employment of this is the internationalization of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), or Save the Narmada Movement, in India. Despite its world a local intra-state movement, it gained an enormous amount of leverage by linking with international environmental NGOs, such as Oxfam, the Environmental defensive structure Fund, and the International Rivers Network.2 The engagement of the international organizations had the effect of accentuating local identities, which whence gained leverage in negotiations with the state. The mantra of the Narmada Bachao Andolan became Hamara gaon mein hamara raj (Our villages, our rule). Such strong local identities in combination with the environmental NGOs produced a powerful antidevelopment movement in India...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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