Rehearsing the State – The Political Practices of the Tibetan Government–in–Exile

Fiona McConnell is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Oxford. She is co-editor of Geographies of Peace (2014) and Diplomatic Cultures and International Politics forthcoming), and sits on the Board of Directors of the Tibet Justice Centre.

List of Figures viii Series Editors' Preface ix Acknowledgements x Note on Transliteration xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Rethinking the (Non)state: Time / Space / Performance 17 3 Setting the Scene: Contested Narratives of Tibetan Statehood 40 4 Rehearsal Spaces: Material and Symbolic Roles of Exile Tibetan Settlements 61 5 Playwright and Cast: Crafting Legitimacy in Exile 92 6 Scripting the State: Constructing a Population, Welfare State and Citizenship in Exile 116 7 Audiences of Statecraft: Negotiating Hospitality and Performing Diplomacy 145 8 Conclusion: Rehearsing Stateness 171 References 190 Index 216