Troubled diversity: the political process in Northeast India/
edited by Sandhya Goswami.
- New Delhi: Oxford, 2015.
- xxxi, 239 p. ; 23 cm.
Foreword by D.P. Barooah List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction by Sandhya Goswami
I. Historical Legacies 1. Constructing and Performing Diversity: Colonial and Contemporary Processes Nandana Dutta 2. Post-Colonial Indian State and Tribes: Nationalist Discursive Structures and a New Hegemonic Consensus Amit Prakash 3. Nation-State and Ethnicity: The Critical Discourse in Northeast India Asok Kumar Ray 4. Adivasi Identity Question in Assam: A Historical Perspective Meeta Deka
II. Diversity, Development, Confl ict, and Management 5. The Nexus between Development and Diversity: A Case Study of the Pagladia Dam Project Barnalee Choudhury 6. Demand of 'Tea Tribes' for Scheduled Tribe Status in Assam: A Review Dhruba Pratim Sharma 7. Autonomy Question and Local Governance Paradox: Alternative Intra-federal De-territorialized Model Jayanta Krishna Sarmah 8. Managing Diversity: The Case of the Karbi-Dimasa Autonomy Movement Uttam Bathari
III. Comparative Perspective 9. Northeast and Kashmir: Problems in a Comparative Perspective Noor Ahmad Baba 10. Diversity and Conflict: Lessons Drawn from Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India Rekha Chowdhary and Sandhya Goswami 11. Beyond the Politics of Control Bhagat Oinam
Index Notes on the Editor and Contributors
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India, Northeastern Multiculturalism Identity politics Politics and government Social conditions