I, the Citizen: Unraveling the Power of Citizen Engagement
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501713515 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"His ideas of poverty and his personal struggle to understand from the experiences of poor indeed sheds more light on how to work" according to Arun Karpur. Dr. Balu's developmental perspective is grounded in the values held by the people he served as a clinician, and social change advocate. I have had a privilege of knowing Dr. Balu's work for some time and I know it is difficulty for any one to have summed up experiences in form of a coherent book. This book is not only well written, but also thought provoking to all who are interested in issues of social development and poverty elimination. His ideas of poverty and his personal struggle to understand from the experiences of poor indeed sheds more light on how to work with people, in general,
I, the Citizen is an attempt to understand citizen development and engagement. I, the Citizen also deals with the philosophical underpinnings of public policies, drawing from his on-the-ground experience as well as engagement with those in the higher echelons of policymaking and implementation. R. He unravels the power of citizen engagement through his experiences of leading civil society campaigns against corruption and towards strengthening democratic participation of people. Balasubramaniam takes the reader through interpretations of development initiatives at the grassroots and what good governance means to ordinary people. The last section of the book provides glimpses into milestones of a development movement, which Balu f
Balasubramaniam (Balu) is a development activist, public policy advocate, and a physician by training.. Dr. R
About the AuthorDr. R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) is a development activist, public policy advocate, and a physician by training.