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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466144303321

Titolo

From the margins to the mainstream : institutionalising minorities in South Asia / / edited by Hugo Gorringe, Roger Jeffery, and Suryakant Waghmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks : , : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, , 2016

ISBN

93-5150-622-3

93-5150-624-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

323.154

Soggetti

Minorities - Political activity - South Asia

Electronic books.

South Asia Ethnic relations Political aspects

South Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Identity, Citizenship and Hindu-Muslim Conflict in India; 2 Political Power and Democratic  Enablement; 3 'We Are Still Junglis to Them' ; 4 Rise of Adivasi Janajati Movement  and Nepal's Political Interregnum; 5 Institutionalising Marginal Actors  in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu ; 6 From the Cheris to Chennai; 7 Challenging Normalised Exclusion; 8 Contentious Spaces; 9 Institutionalising Peace?; 10 Institutionalising Informal Socialities; 11 India and the Management of Ethnic Diversity

Glossary and AbbreviationsAbout the Editors and Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Struggle of marginalized community especially Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis to get into the mainstream!