
Building Legitimacy
Exploring State-Society Relations in Northeast India
Hassan(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2008
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-19-569297-6 (ISBN)
Description
This study compares two states in the Northeastern region-a relatively orderly Mizoram and a troubled Manipur-in order to understand the sources of political turmoil in many parts of the region. Hassan argues that the sharp division between the valley and the hill in Manipur is absent in Mizoram. Whereas in Manipur the state is peripheral to people's lives, in Mizoram the state is central to people's lives. According to the author the reasons why the two states developed such different state institutions are mostly historical. He rejects the theory that the Northeast is monolithic and draws upon a range of debates to explain the primary motivation for conflict. There is a strong accent on traditional state function. Mizoram is successful in monopolizing the legitimate use of violence and in raising revenues (traditional prerogatives of states) while in Manipur there are competing claimants to the use of force and revenue extraction. Thus, in Manipur the legitimacy of the state is in crisis while successful states like Mizoram widen their range of functions once their legitimacy is validated.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 Karten
3 maps
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-569297-6 (9780195692976)
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Person
M. Sajjad Hassan is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. Currently, he is Visiting Fellow, Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics.
Content
PREFACE; ; LIST OF MAPS; ; LIST OF TABLES; ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ; 1. Introduction; ; I CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE STATE ; 2. Contested State Power in Manipur; ; 3. Consolidation of the State in Mizoram; ; II MOBILIZING SOCIETIES ; 4. Fragmentation of Society in Manipur; ; 5. Building the Mizo Nation: Include Some, Exclude Some; ; III STATE CAPABILITY ; 6. The Unravelling of the State in Manipur; ; 7. The Resilience of the Mizo State; ; 8. Conclusion; ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ; GLOSSARY; ; INDEX