Democratisation in the Himalayas : interests, conflicts and negotiations / edited by Vibha Arora and N. Jayaram
. – London : Routledge, 2017
xii, 209 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
. – ( (Nepal and Himalayan studies))
PART I Shifting selves and competing identities 1 Seeking identities on the margins of democracy: Jad Bhotiyas of Uttarkashi 2 The politics of census: fear of numbers and competing claims for representation in Naga society 3 The making of the subaltern Lepcha and the Kalimpong stimulus
PART II Negotiating democracy 4 Monks, elections, and foreign travels: democracy and the monastic order in western Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India 5 'Pure democracy' in 'new Nepal': conceptions, practices, and anxieties
PART III Territorial conflict and after 6 Demand for Kukiland and Kuki ethnic nationalism 7 Displacement from Kashmir: gendered responses
ISBN9781138038295 (hbk) : Rs. 750.00
1. Democratization 1. Himalaya Mountains Region 1. Politics and government
I. Arora, Vibha, , editor I. Jayaram, N, editor