A far cry? Revisiting the prospects of community cooperation in rural South Asia

This paper sheds light on the practical premise of community cooperation an d reexamines the contextual (administrative and social) realities in South Asia with an end to assess how conducive these realities are in fostering c ooperation in rural frontiers. It argues that any cooperative effort has to be understood and appreciated in light of the contextual conditions. On a final analysis, the paper concludes that, given the generally unfavourable context, community cooperation is most likely to be selective and limited.