TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping the Power Struggles of the National Green Tribunal of India
T2 - The Rise and Fall?
AU - Gill, Gita
PY - 2018/8/28
Y1 - 2018/8/28
N2 - This article documents the life-cycle of the National Green Tribunal of India (NGT). The NGT is officially described as a “specialised body equipped with necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues”—a forum offering greater plurality for environmental justice. Its international and national recognition promotes it as an exemplar for developing nations. The change management theory underpinning the paper is drawn from the work of Kurt Lewin and Edgar Schein, thereby allowing the analysis of competing internal and external forces affecting the NGT. There is a transmigration of theory and its application from one discipline to another social science: business psychology and management to law. The article identifies and addresses the crisis, and analyses the reasons and actions of the principal actors or forces interested in supporting the NGT and, on the other hand, those who are concerned, challenged, and affected by its growth, activities, and popularity.
AB - This article documents the life-cycle of the National Green Tribunal of India (NGT). The NGT is officially described as a “specialised body equipped with necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues”—a forum offering greater plurality for environmental justice. Its international and national recognition promotes it as an exemplar for developing nations. The change management theory underpinning the paper is drawn from the work of Kurt Lewin and Edgar Schein, thereby allowing the analysis of competing internal and external forces affecting the NGT. There is a transmigration of theory and its application from one discipline to another social science: business psychology and management to law. The article identifies and addresses the crisis, and analyses the reasons and actions of the principal actors or forces interested in supporting the NGT and, on the other hand, those who are concerned, challenged, and affected by its growth, activities, and popularity.
KW - National Green Tribunal of India
KW - Environmental Justice
KW - change management theory
KW - specialized environmental judiciary
KW - India
U2 - 10.1017/als.2018.28
DO - 10.1017/als.2018.28
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 85
EP - 126
JO - Asian Journal of Law and Society
JF - Asian Journal of Law and Society
SN - 2052-9015
IS - 1
ER -