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Ethnic Conflict in India
Na Na
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Description for Ethnic Conflict in India
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 465.
Is India unique in politically managing ethnic conflicts? This book evaluates critically the conventional wisdom which argues that it is. By focusing on India's nation and state-building in the peripheral regions since 1947 and contemporary developments, it suggests that India should be considered as a form of ethnic democracy. Within India's ethnic democracy, hegemonic and violent control is exercised over minorities, especially religious communities constituting majorities in the federating units. A detailed case-study is provided of the management of the 'Punjab proble' - the growth and containment of Sikh ethno-nationalism and, after 1984, the suppression of the separatist ... Read more
Is India unique in politically managing ethnic conflicts? This book evaluates critically the conventional wisdom which argues that it is. By focusing on India's nation and state-building in the peripheral regions since 1947 and contemporary developments, it suggests that India should be considered as a form of ethnic democracy. Within India's ethnic democracy, hegemonic and violent control is exercised over minorities, especially religious communities constituting majorities in the federating units. A detailed case-study is provided of the management of the 'Punjab proble' - the growth and containment of Sikh ethno-nationalism and, after 1984, the suppression of the separatist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312228385
SKU
V9780312228385
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99-15
About Na Na
Gurharpal Singh is Professor of Politics at the University of Hull.
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