Democratisation in the Himalayas : interests, conflicts and negotiations

Author(s)

• Arora, Vibha
• Jayaram, N.

Bibliographic Information

Democratisation in the Himalayas : interests, conflicts and negotiations

edited by Vibha Arora and N. Jayaram

（Nepal and Himalayan studies）

Routledge India, 2017

• : hbk

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Democratisation is a formidable task in the Himalayan region owing to its immense cultural heterogeneity. The process of democratisation has accentuated ethnic competition, assertion of identity, and demand for ethnic homelands to protect, safeguard, and promote political and development interests of various groups. This volume discusses competing interests; identity politics that permeates political formations, the transformations in the traditional forms of governance and their adaption to democratic institutions; the genesis and periodic eruptions of ethnic assertions, and attempts to resolve ethnic conflict. It shows how recent efforts at deepening democratic values and implementing social justice have been resisted and contested. The book argues that the play of ethnicity, the creation of political parties and interest groups, the emergence of social movements, and the voice of protest and opposition do not indicate a crisis in democracy but comprise the instruments by which the state is pushed towards reform, welfare, and inclusive politics, and is obliged to listen to the people. Rich in ethnographic research, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of social and political anthropology, political studies, South Asian studies, Nepal and Himalayan studies, sociology, and development studies.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations Notes on contributors Preface Introduction: steering democratisation and negotiating identity in the Himalayas Vibha Arora and N. Jayaram PART I Shifting selves and competing identities 1 Seeking identities on the margins of democracy: Jad Bhotiyas of Uttarkashi Subhadra Mitra Channa 2 The politics of census: fear of numbers and competing claims for representation in Naga society Debojyoti Das 3 The making of the subaltern Lepcha and the Kalimpong stimulus Vibha Arora PART II Negotiating democracy 4 Monks, elections, and foreign travels: democracy and the monastic order in western Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India Swargajyoti Gohain 5 'Pure democracy' in 'new Nepal': conceptions, practices, and anxieties Amanda Snellinger PART III Territorial conflict and after 6 Demand for Kukiland and Kuki ethnic nationalism Vibha Arora and Ngamjahao Kipgen 7 Displacement from Kashmir: gendered responses Charu Sawhney and Nilika Mehrotra Index

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Details

• NCID: BB27975589
• ISBN:
  • 9781138244283
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 209 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 320.95496
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Democratization -- Himalaya Mountains Region
  • LCSH : Himalaya Mountains Region -- Politics and government
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB21006527