Troubled Diversity
The Political Process in Northeast India
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9780199453337
Publication date:
27/01/2015
Hardback
272 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Price: 845.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199453337
Publication date:
27/01/2015
Hardback
272 pages
216.0x140.0mm
First Edition
Sandhya Goswami
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.
Suitable for: Primary market: university departments of political science, sociology, and modern Indian history Secondary market: students (particularly in northeast India) of politics, sociology, and modern Indian history; research scholars working in these areas; journalists, bureaucrats, policymakers
Rights: World Rights
First Edition
Sandhya Goswami
Description
The Northeast has evolved as the ‘other’ in India’s nationalist paradigm. This otherness is the result of the region’s racial composition and its historical positioning, cultural connectivity, communication, and economic linkage. A site of radical identity politics, the Northeast has various communities with striking differences in origin, religion, and language that give rise to ethnic conflicts and contestations for power, with each group perceiving the other as a threat to its existence. 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.
First Edition
Sandhya Goswami
Table of contents
First Edition
Sandhya Goswami
Features
- Addresses many contemporary issues of Northeast India Presents an excellent work on minority studies The arguments are adequately supported by statistics as and where needed
First Edition
Sandhya Goswami
Description
The Northeast has evolved as the ‘other’ in India’s nationalist paradigm. This otherness is the result of the region’s racial composition and its historical positioning, cultural connectivity, communication, and economic linkage. A site of radical identity politics, the Northeast has various communities with striking differences in origin, religion, and language that give rise to ethnic conflicts and contestations for power, with each group perceiving the other as a threat to its existence. 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.
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