Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Community Radio in South Asia: A Roadmap for Media Democracy
PART I: THE POLICY TERRAIN 2. Deliberating Community Radio in India: A Policy Ethnography
3. Community Radio in Bangladesh: Policy and Practice
4. Community Radios of Nepal: Trajectory of a Cultural Movement
5. Community Radio in Sri Lanka: Need for Legal Recognition and Community Ownership
PART II: ISSUES IN PRACTICE 6. Beyond the Development Trap: NGOisation of Community Radio in India
7. Radio Spectrum Management: Implications for Community Radio in South Asia
8. The Paradoxes of Technology: Reflections about Community Radio in South Asia
9. Women and Community Radio in South Asia: The Participation and Empowerment Dilemmas
10. Community Radio in Times of Disaster: Contemplations for South Asia
11. Not Quite There Yet: Sustainability of Community Radio in South Asia
PART III: CASE STUDIES 12. Conflict and Community Radio in India: Solutions Possible and Impossible
13. Evaluating Community Radio: An Analysis of a Toolkit for Self-Assessment
14. Mapping Material Media Practices: Sangam Radio at DDS
15. Grassroots Democracy via Community Radio: A Case Study in Rural India
16. Community Radio for Creating Communication Channels: Theoretical Musings Emanating from Himalayan Rural Locales