Troubled Diversity
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-945333-7 (ISBN)
This work looks at the politics of diversity and identity in the Northeast. The concept of 'diversity' can be used as a unifying mechanism in the post-colonial nation-state through which identities can get homogenized; ethnic identities and cultures can be manipulated for political or economic advantage; and ethnic violence can have disastrous consequences like extortion, rape, abduction, death, and violation of human rights.
Offering a comprehensive analysis that includes theoretical perspectives and a comparison with the political problems in Jammu and Kashmir, this book is a significant study of identity crises in minority communities.
Sandhya Goswami is Professor, Department of Political Science, Gauhati University. She is also a member of the Lokniti Programme of Comparative Democracy under the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. Her principal research interests include democracy, election studies, and social movements.
Foreword by D.P. Barooah ; List of Tables ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction by Sandhya Goswami ; I. Historical Legacies ; 1. Constructing and Performing Diversity: Colonial and Contemporary Processes ; Nandana Dutta ; 2. Post-Colonial Indian State and Tribes: Nationalist Discursive Structures and a New Hegemonic Consensus ; Amit Prakash ; 3. Nation-State and Ethnicity: The Critical Discourse in Northeast India ; Asok Kumar Ray ; 4. Adivasi Identity Question in Assam: A Historical Perspective ; Meeta Deka ; II. Diversity, Development, Confl ict, and Management ; 5. The Nexus between Development and Diversity: A Case Study of the Pagladia Dam Project ; Barnalee Choudhury ; 6. Demand of 'Tea Tribes' for Scheduled Tribe Status in Assam: A Review ; Dhruba Pratim Sharma ; 7. Autonomy Question and Local Governance Paradox: Alternative Intra-federal De-territorialized Model ; Jayanta Krishna Sarmah ; 8. Managing Diversity: The Case of the Karbi-Dimasa Autonomy Movement ; Uttam Bathari ; III. Comparative Perspective ; 9. Northeast and Kashmir: Problems in a Comparative Perspective ; Noor Ahmad Baba ; 10. Diversity and Conflict: Lessons Drawn from Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India ; Rekha Chowdhary and Sandhya Goswami ; 11. Beyond the Politics of Control ; Bhagat Oinam ; Index ; Notes on the Editor and Contributors
Verlagsort | New Delhi |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 149 x 224 mm |
Gewicht | 474 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-945333-0 / 0199453330 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-945333-7 / 9780199453337 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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