Ethnic activism and civil society in South Asia: governence, conflict, and civic action/ 
edited by N David Gellner 
 - New Delhi:  Sage publication india,  2009. 
 - viii, 367 p.. 
<br/><br/>How Civil are 'Communal' and Ethno-nationalist Movements? <br/>David N Gellner; PART ONE: HINDU NATIONALISM AS A FORM OF ETHNIC ACTIVISM, Young Men's Public Activities and Hindu Nationalism: Naviyuvak Mandals and the Sangh Parivar in a Western Indian Town <br/>Minoru Mio; Activists and Adivasis: Hindu Nationalist Militants in Chhattisgarh, Central India <br/>Peggy Froerer;<br/> PART TWO: THE RISE OF TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS, Re-constructing Jaffna: Transnational Tamil Activism at Local Interfaces --<br/>Eva Gerharz; Ethnic (P)reservations: Comparing Thangmi Ethnic Activism in Nepal and India <br/>Sara Shneiderman<br/> PART THREE: DALIT MOVEMENTS, Becoming a Dalit Panther: Caste-based Activism in South India --<br/>Hugo Gorringe; Dalit Christian Activism in Contemporary Tamil Nadu --<br/>David Mosse; Struggles against Domination: Forms of Nepali Dalit Activism --<br/>Laurie Ann Vasily <br/>PART FOUR: JANAJATI ACTIVISM IN A MULTI-ETHNIC FORMER HINDU KINGDOM, Intellectuals and Ethnic Activism: Writings on the Tharu Past --<br/>Gisele Krauskopff; Tamang Activism, History, and Territorial Consciousness --<br/>Mukta S Tamang; Ruling Social Groups-from Species to Nations: Reflections on Changing Conceptualizations of Caste and Ethnicity in Nepal --<br/>Marie Lecomte-Tilouine 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-81-321-0086-7 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Minorities -- Political activity -- South Asia. Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- South Asia. Civil society -- South Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>322.408900954  / GEL/E