Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland : : Constructing Democracy / / 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 resea...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Asian Borderlands ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 6 color plates, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings |
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Table of Contents:
- 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