Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland : Constructing Democracy /
Chettri, Mona
Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland : Constructing Democracy / Mona Chettri. - 1 online resource (184 p.) : 6 color plates, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings - Asian Borderlands ; 3 .
Frontmatter -- Asian Borderlands -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Glossary of Local Terms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Locating the 'Nepali' in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland -- 2. The Ethnic Worldview: Framing Existential Grievances -- 3. Ethnic Identity as Political Identity -- 4. Manifestations of Ethnic Politics -- 5. Constructing Democracy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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This book presents a close look at the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia, built around a case study of the Nepal ethnic group that lives in the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal. Grounded in historical and ethnographic research, it critically examines the relationship between culture and politics in a geographical space that is home to a diverse range of ethnic identities, showing how new modes of political representation, cultural activism, and everyday politics have emerged from the region.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789089648860 9789048527502
10.1515/9789048527502 doi
2017410007
Democracy--South Asia.
Ethnicity--Political aspects--South Asia.
Anthropology.
Asian Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian.
Ethnic Politics, Democracy, Cultural Revivalism, Borderlands, Eastern Himalaya.
DS495.5 / .C465 2017
954.9
Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland : Constructing Democracy / Mona Chettri. - 1 online resource (184 p.) : 6 color plates, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings - Asian Borderlands ; 3 .
Frontmatter -- Asian Borderlands -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Glossary of Local Terms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Locating the 'Nepali' in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland -- 2. The Ethnic Worldview: Framing Existential Grievances -- 3. Ethnic Identity as Political Identity -- 4. Manifestations of Ethnic Politics -- 5. Constructing Democracy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book presents a close look at the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia, built around a case study of the Nepal ethnic group that lives in the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal. Grounded in historical and ethnographic research, it critically examines the relationship between culture and politics in a geographical space that is home to a diverse range of ethnic identities, showing how new modes of political representation, cultural activism, and everyday politics have emerged from the region.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789089648860 9789048527502
10.1515/9789048527502 doi
2017410007
Democracy--South Asia.
Ethnicity--Political aspects--South Asia.
Anthropology.
Asian Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian.
Ethnic Politics, Democracy, Cultural Revivalism, Borderlands, Eastern Himalaya.
DS495.5 / .C465 2017
954.9