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Title Ethnic activism and civil society in South Asia / edited by David N. Gellner
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SEGA Publications, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 367 pages)
Series Governance, conflict and civic action series ; v. 2
Governance, conflict and civic action series ; v. 2.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Young Men's Public Activities and Hindu Nationalism; 3 -- Activists and Adivasis; 4 -- Reconstructing Jaff na; 5 -- Ethnic (P)reservations; 6 -- Becoming a Dalit Panther; 7 -- Dalit Christian Activism in Contemporary Tamil Nadu; 8 -- Struggles against Domination; 9 -- Intellectuals and Ethnic Activism; 10 -- Tamang Activism, History, and Territorial Consciousness; 11 -- Ruling Social Groups-From Species to Nations; Glossary and Abbreviations; About the Editor and Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index
Summary This volume, the second in the Governance, Conflict, and Civic Action series, examines civil society in South Asia through case studies of different kinds of ethnic ('communal') activism. With chapters covering Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India (Darjeeling, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu), it avoids the 'methodological nationalism' so frequent in social science publications on the region. The articles examine Hindu nationalism, Dalit activism in India and Nepal, and the Janajati movement in Nepal, and show how they are animated by common ideals and themes, such as emphasis on the involvemen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Minorities -- Political activity -- South Asia
Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- South Asia
Civil society -- South Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Civil society
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Ethnicity -- Political aspects
Minorities -- Political activity
Politics and government
SUBJECT South Asia -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
South Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Gellner, David N.
ISBN 9788132104223
8132104226