Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Environmental planning processes in India; Linking participation, deliberation and advocacy; Identifying participatory spaces; Rationale for comparative case studies; Methodology; Boundaries of the study; Summary and organization; 2 Advocacy in deliberative democracy; Advocacy in deliberation; The role of civil society in the deliberative system; Civil society and the state in India; Strategies for creating political opportunities; Changing the conversation from beyond the state.
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Changing the conversation from within the state3 Deliberating on the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan; Background; Linking the global to the local; Deliberations and participation in the National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan; Conflicts and failure; The deliberative failure of the NBSAP; Conclusion; 4 Deliberating on the Forest Rights Act; Narrative background; Sites of environmental conflict; Building collective action; Creation of the forum; Political opportunity; Entering the deliberative space -- finding political representation.
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The role of civil society: the conflict of narrativesConclusion; 5 Conclusion; Comparative elements; Broader implications; References; Index.