Old Game-New Rules: How Linkages Between Local and Global Interest Groups Put Pressure on the State

This paper examines the construction of large dams on the river Narmada in central India and its impact on people living in the river valley. It discusses how the 'Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA),' or 'Save Narmada Movement,' marked a watershed in the history of the development of social movement organizations in India, and illustrates how globalization of local movements can empower typically marginalized minority groups, changing the dynamic of inter- and intra-national relations.