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Civil Society and Policymaking in India:
In Search of Democratic Spaces
a case study
Richa Singh
Centre for Democracy and Social Action
 
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Author:
 Richa Singh, (CDSA)
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May, 2014Supported byOxfam India© Oxfam India May, 2014This publication is copyright but the text may be used free of charge for the purposes of advocacy, campaigning, education, and research, provided that the source is acknowledged in full. The copyright holder requests that all such use be registered with them for impact assessment purposes. For copying in any other circumstances, permission must be secured. E-mail: policy@oxfamindia.org/Published by Oxfam India: 4th and 5th Floor, Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, 1, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi 110001 Tel: +91 (0) 11 4653 8000 www.oxfamindia.orgOxfam IndiaOxfam India, a fully independent Indian organization, is a member of an international confederation of 17 organisations. The Oxfams are rights-based organizations, which fight poverty and injustice by linking grassroots interventions, to local, national, and global polic developments.For further information please write to: policy@oxfamindia.org, or visit our website: www.oxfamindia.org.
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 I would like to acknowledge the research Assitance provided by Anindita Tagore, CDSA, in doing this paper
 
Contents
1. Introduction 2
 Context and Approach 2 Methodology 2
2. Shifting Terrain of Policymaking: From State-Centric to Policy Networks 43. Case Studies 6
 
Case Study 1
- Right to Information Movement 6 
Case Study 2
 - Civil Society/Wada Na Todo Abhiyan and Planning Commission: The Making of the 12
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Five Year Plan 10 
Case Study 3
- Lokpal /Anti-Corruption Movement 14
4. Emerging Themes 185. Future Considerations: Question about Civil Society’s participation in policy process 20ANNEXURE List of participants of Interviews/Discussions for Case Studies 22
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Civil Society - Planning Commission Enjoyment Towards the 12
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 Plan Approach Paper 22 2.
 
Right to Information 23 3. LokPal/Anti Corruption Movement 23

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