Constructing global civil society from below :a case study of learning global citizenship in the Save the Narmada Movement India

摘要: The thesis examines the informal learning of global citizenship in course social struggle within grassroots movements, through an ethnographic case study Save the Narmada Movement (NBA). movment, comprising village communities in India, campaigned with support international non-governmental organisations to prevent construction a World Bank (WB) financed dam. arises in response to perceived marginalisation resistances, especially in developing contexts, empirical accounts civil society (GCS), which is conceptualised as space where 'global citizens' seek resist and transform the exigencies economic globalisation. Interrogating validity this exclusion, a Gramscian framework is adopted examine whether, what ways grassroots actors are citizens, engaged transformative politics GCS. Analysis data emerging from NBA suggests that contestation with political structures at national (Indian government) level an important source leads movement's global citizenship. Through Gramscian dialectical process strategic action reflection, the movement developed critical awareness class character these institutions, leading connect its local struggle against dam wider against `destructive development This encouraged revalorisation of grassroots participants' subjective relationships nation-state, leading amongst some, rejection favour affiliations. Articulation of was based on counter-hegemonic identification struggles of the oppressed across world, rather than depoliticised 'moral universalism'. However, extend challenging oppression embedded within constrained context unity external oppressors paramount. By examining processes led to articulate perform empowering ways, points how grassroots movements constructing GCS, therefore contests their current marginalisation GCS perspectives.