Abstract

People, practitioner and policy-makers share a tumultuous relationship fraught with expectations and frustrations. In this article, the author delves into her own experience of working with mineworkers, subaltern voices and the issue of mining in Rajasthan, India, and the role of civil society in the form of non-government organisation (NGO). The article traces the challenges of mobilising people for collective action, engaging with policy-makers and the constraints of a formal structure of an NGO. It focusses on the mineworkers engaged in minor mineral extraction and employed as informal labour. The article begins with familiarising readers with the situation of mineworkers and administration of minor mineral mining. In the next section, a brief overview on social work practice using the genesis of the NGO is provided where the author worked and engages with even today. The final section, explains the challenges in collective action for policy-making. The author has used the word organisations, NGO and social worker interchangeably, as also the words mineworkers, community and service users.

中文翻译：

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拉贾斯坦邦的采矿-政策，实践和人员的泥潭

摘要

人，从业者和决策者之间有着混乱的关系，充满了期望和挫败感。在本文中，作者研究了自己与矿山工人合作的经历，下属的声音以及印度拉贾斯坦邦的采矿问题，以及民间社会以非政府组织（NGO）的形式发挥的作用。这篇文章追踪了动员人们采取集体行动，与决策者互动以及非政府组织正式结构的限制所面临的挑战。它侧重于从事次要矿物开采并被雇用为非正式劳工的矿工。本文从使读者熟悉矿工的状况和小型矿产开采的管理开始。在下一节中 在作者工作和参与的地方，也提供了使用非政府组织起源的社会工作实践的简要概述。最后一部分介绍了决策集体行动的挑战。作者交替使用组织，非政府组织和社会工作者一词，以及地雷工人，社区和服务使用者一词。