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Troubled periphery : crisis of India's north east / Subir Bhaumik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bhaumik, Subir.
- Series:
- Sage studies on India's north east.
- SAGE studies on India's North East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conflict--India, Northeastern.
- Social conflict.
- Ethnic conflict--India, Northeastern.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Social change--India, Northeastern.
- Social change.
- Religion and sociology--India, Northeastern.
- Religion and sociology.
- Land use--Social aspects--India, Northeastern.
- Land use.
- Political leadership--India, Northeastern.
- Political leadership.
- India, Northeastern--Social conditions.
- India, Northeastern.
- India, Northeastern--Ethnic relations.
- India, Northeastern--Religion.
- India, Northeastern--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 305 p.).
- Place of Publication:
- Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title maps the evolution of India's North-East into a constituent region of the republic and analyses the perpetual crisis in the region since independence. It highlights how linguistic and leadership issues have been the seed of contention in the region and how factors like ethnicity further aggravate the conflicts.
- Contents:
- India's north east : frontier to region
- Ethnicity, ideology and religion
- Land, language, and leadership
- Insurgency, ethnic cleansing and forced migration
- The foreign hand
- Guns, drugs and contraband
- Elections, pressure groups and civil society
- The crisis of development
- The road ahead.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-289) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612503290
- 9789352801817
- 9352801814
- 9788132112792
- 8132112792
- 9781282503298
- 1282503294
- 9788132104797
- 813210479X
- OCLC:
- 593295591
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