Tag: Hyderabad

India's Rural Commons at Odds with Surging Industrialization

02.07.11, 2:10pm Comments (5)

One issue largely absent from the agenda of this January’s global commons conference in Hyderabad, India was the idea of limits to consumption and material accumulation. Read more »

Global Commons Idea Navigates Public Private Split

By Christopher D. Cook

01.14.11, 11:55am Comments (1)

America’s bitterly divided discourse about government and the public sector is all but absent here at the global commons conference in Hyderabad, India where criticisms of government seem driven more by an impulse to protect communities from st. Read more »

Commons Conference Highlights Disparities & Challenges

By Christopher D. Cook

01.11.11, 12:37pm Comments (1)

Two days before the launch of a global commons conference here in Hyderabad, India, drawing more than 600 people from 69 countries, a roomful of activists and scholars from across South Asia found that even in this controlled environment, unity is no. Read more »