The politics of autonomy: Indian experiences/ edited by Ranabir Samaddar - New Delhi: Sage, 2005. - 310 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Acknowledgements
The Politics of Autonomy: An Introduction
Ranabir Samaddar

Part I: Genealogy
1. The Birth of the Autonomous Subject?
Pradip Kumar Bose
2. Women's Autonomy: Beyond Rights and Representations
Paula Banerjee
3. Where Do the Autonomous Institutions Come From?
Samir Kumar Das
4. The Constitutional and Legal Routes
Ashutosh Kumar
5. Autonomy's International Legal Career
Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury
Part II: Practices of Autonomy
6. The Ethno and the Geo: A New Look into the Issue of Kashmir's Autonomy
Sanjay Chaturvedi
7. Silence under Freedom: The Strange Story of Democracy in the Darjeeling Hills
Subhas Ranjan Chakrabarty
8. Autonomy in the Northeast: The Frontiers of Centralized Politics
Sanjay Barbora
9. Autonomy in the Northeast: The Hills of Tripura and Mizoram
Subir Bhaumik and Jayanta Bhattacharya
10. Resources for Autonomy: Financing the Local Bodies
Ratan Khasnabis
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors

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India -- Politics and government -- 1947-.
Democracy -- India.
Federal government -- India.
Pluralism (Social sciences) -- India.
Postcolonialism -- India.

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