TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gellner, N David, ed.
TI  - Ethnic activism and civil society in South Asia: governence, conflict, and civic action
SN  - 978-81-321-0086-7
U1  - 322.408900954 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage publication india
KW  -  Minorities -- Political activity -- South Asia. Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- South Asia. Civil society -- South Asia
N1  -  How Civil are 'Communal' and Ethno-nationalist Movements? 
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 
Minoru Mio; Activists and Adivasis: Hindu Nationalist Militants in Chhattisgarh, Central India 
Peggy Froerer;
 PART TWO: THE RISE OF TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS, Re-constructing Jaffna: Transnational Tamil Activism at Local Interfaces --
Eva Gerharz; Ethnic (P)reservations: Comparing Thangmi Ethnic Activism in Nepal and India 
Sara Shneiderman
 PART THREE: DALIT MOVEMENTS, Becoming a Dalit Panther: Caste-based Activism in South India --
Hugo Gorringe; Dalit Christian Activism in Contemporary Tamil Nadu --
David Mosse; Struggles against Domination: Forms of Nepali Dalit Activism --
Laurie Ann Vasily 
PART FOUR: JANAJATI ACTIVISM IN A MULTI-ETHNIC FORMER HINDU KINGDOM, Intellectuals and Ethnic Activism: Writings on the Tharu Past --
Gisele Krauskopff; Tamang Activism, History, and Territorial Consciousness --
Mukta S Tamang; Ruling Social Groups-from Species to Nations: Reflections on Changing Conceptualizations of Caste and Ethnicity in Nepal --
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
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