Community Formation, 'Ideal' Villages and Watershed Development in Western India.

This paper discusses how the vision of an 'ideal village' is used in the construction of feelings of community in a watershed development project in India. What constitutes the notion of idealness and how it emerges in a particular context is determined by a number of factors. The discussion of the...

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Published in:	Journal of Development Studies Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 384 - 409
Main Author:	Sangameswaran, Priya
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2008
Subjects:	Watershed management Watershed restoration Natural resources management areas Volunteer service Communities India
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost