Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland : : Constructing Democracy / / Mona Chettri.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Chettri, Mona,
• TeilnehmendeR: Harris, Tina.; Schendel, Willem.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Asian Borderlands ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 6 color plates, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048527502; 9783110667318; 9783110606447; 9783110662849; 9783110649826; 9783110638516
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048527502?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mona Chettri.

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.