
Democratisation in the Himalayas
Interests, Conflicts and Negotiations
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2019
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Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-0-367-27957-8 (ISBN)
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Democratisation is a formidable task in the Himalayan region owing to its immense cultural heterogeneity. The process of democratisation has accentuated ethnic competition, assertion of identity, and demand for ethnic homelands to protect, safeguard, and promote political and development interests of various groups.
This volume discusses competing interests; identity politics that permeates political formations, the transformations in the traditional forms of governance and their adaption to democratic institutions; the genesis and periodic eruptions of ethnic assertions, and attempts to resolve ethnic conflict. It shows how recent efforts at deepening democratic values and implementing social justice have been resisted and contested. The book argues that the play of ethnicity, the creation of political parties and interest groups, the emergence of social movements, and the voice of protest and opposition do not indicate a crisis in democracy but comprise the instruments by which the state is pushed towards reform, welfare, and inclusive politics, and is obliged to listen to the people.
Rich in ethnographic research, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of social and political anthropology, political studies, South Asian studies, Nepal and Himalayan studies, sociology, and development studies.
This volume discusses competing interests; identity politics that permeates political formations, the transformations in the traditional forms of governance and their adaption to democratic institutions; the genesis and periodic eruptions of ethnic assertions, and attempts to resolve ethnic conflict. It shows how recent efforts at deepening democratic values and implementing social justice have been resisted and contested. The book argues that the play of ethnicity, the creation of political parties and interest groups, the emergence of social movements, and the voice of protest and opposition do not indicate a crisis in democracy but comprise the instruments by which the state is pushed towards reform, welfare, and inclusive politics, and is obliged to listen to the people.
Rich in ethnographic research, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of social and political anthropology, political studies, South Asian studies, Nepal and Himalayan studies, sociology, and development studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen, 7 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 1 s/w Zeichnung, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
453 gr
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978-0-367-27957-8 (9780367279578)
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Vibha Arora is Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
N. Jayaram is Visiting Professor at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India.
N. Jayaram is Visiting Professor at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India.
Content
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Preface
Introduction: steering democratisation and negotiating identity in the Himalayas
Vibha Arora and N. Jayaram
PART I Shifting selves and competing identities
1 Seeking identities on the margins of democracy: Jad Bhotiyas of Uttarkashi
Subhadra Mitra Channa
2 The politics of census: fear of numbers and competing claims for representation in Naga society
Debojyoti Das
3 The making of the subaltern Lepcha and the Kalimpong stimulus
Vibha Arora
PART II Negotiating democracy
4 Monks, elections, and foreign travels: democracy and the monastic order in western Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India
Swargajyoti Gohain
5 'Pure democracy' in 'new Nepal': conceptions, practices, and anxieties
Amanda Snellinger
PART III Territorial conflict and after
6 Demand for Kukiland and Kuki ethnic nationalism
Vibha Arora and Ngamjahao Kipgen
7 Displacement from Kashmir: gendered responses
Charu Sawhney and Nilika Mehrotra
Index
Notes on contributors
Preface
Introduction: steering democratisation and negotiating identity in the Himalayas
Vibha Arora and N. Jayaram
PART I Shifting selves and competing identities
1 Seeking identities on the margins of democracy: Jad Bhotiyas of Uttarkashi
Subhadra Mitra Channa
2 The politics of census: fear of numbers and competing claims for representation in Naga society
Debojyoti Das
3 The making of the subaltern Lepcha and the Kalimpong stimulus
Vibha Arora
PART II Negotiating democracy
4 Monks, elections, and foreign travels: democracy and the monastic order in western Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India
Swargajyoti Gohain
5 'Pure democracy' in 'new Nepal': conceptions, practices, and anxieties
Amanda Snellinger
PART III Territorial conflict and after
6 Demand for Kukiland and Kuki ethnic nationalism
Vibha Arora and Ngamjahao Kipgen
7 Displacement from Kashmir: gendered responses
Charu Sawhney and Nilika Mehrotra
Index