Troubled diversity : the political process in Northeast India /

'Troubled Diversity' provides a comprehensive analysis of the conflict situation in the northeastern region of India by addressing questions such as: why identity politics centering around ethnicity is more intense in this region? For creating and consolidating its respective identities, w...

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Corporate Authors: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Gauhati University. Department of Political Science, National Seminar on "The Troubled Diversity: The Political Process in Northeast India"
Other Authors: Goswami, Sandhya (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Shimla ; New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Troubled Diversity' provides a comprehensive analysis of the conflict situation in the northeastern region of India by addressing questions such as: why identity politics centering around ethnicity is more intense in this region? For creating and consolidating its respective identities, why does every ethnic group make and effort to construct its other? How does the ideology of the other motivate and guide identity politics?
Item Description:Papers presented at the National Seminar on 'The Troubled Diversity: The Political Process in Northeast India' held at the Department of Political Science, Gauhati University in 2008.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 239 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199085231
0199085234