9789364335317 - Democratisation Process in North East India -Some Issues and Challenges von S Thianlalmuan Ngaithe/Lt Sasang Guite (2 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: New. Language: English. About The Author: S Thianlalmuan Ngaihte primarily works and writes on issues related to North East India. He cleared UGCNET in Political Science. He has worked on the role of ethnic elite in the construction and (trans)formation of community identity through a case study of Paite community of Manipur, for his doctoral thesis. He has authored Elite, Identity and Politics in Manipur (2013), and wrote articles which are published in Economic and Political Weekly, International Journal of South Asian Studies, Journal of NorthEast India Studies and Man and Society. His areas of interests are ethnicity and identity politics, NorthEast India studies, conflict and peace studies, globalisation, human rights, and government and politics. L T S as an g Guite is presently pursuing PhD in the Department of Geography, Northeastern Hill University, Shillong. The focus of his research work is on ethnic conflict over space and its geographical implications with reference to the Hill areas of Assam. He passed UGCNET in 2006. He worked as Lecturer in St. Peter's College, Shillong. To his credit, he has published one article in national and two in international journals. 23 Contents: Foreword 11 Preface 13 List of Contributors 17 SECTIONI: PRELUDE 1. Democratisation: Preliminary Reading 21 Can There ever be Absolute DemocratisationSome Select Challenges to Democratisation ProcessDemocratising Gender EqualityTradition Versus Democratic PrinciplesEthnopolitical AspirationsDemocratisation Process and Civil SocietyConclusion. S. Thianlalmuan Ngaihte 2. Thought on Challenges of Democratisation among Tribals of NorthEast India 31 Toki Blah SECTIONII: GENDER ISSUES 3. An Anthropological Perspective on Gender 39 Gender: A Conceptual DiscussionContribution of Anthropological Studies to GenderObservation Conclusion. Lucy T.V. Zehol 4. Gender Equality among the Zomis 51 IntroductionWho are the Zomis?Let us See if Gender Equality or Inequalities Exist in the Zomi SocietyThe Status of Zomi Women Marriage Customs among the ZomisQualities of a BrideCourtshipAddressing the Husband Widow Remarriage Son as a Continuation of the ClanDivorce Laws of the ZomisInheritance Laws of the Zomis"Zu" Culture of the Zomi Drugs and the ZomisThe Impact of Violence on Women Does Gender Equity Exist among the Zomi Society?Education/Jobs LabourHealthSex Ratio is a Key Indicator to Gauge Gender EqualityEquity among Men and Women in PerceptionLiteracy Rate and Women at Workplace Role of Christianity and Its Impact on the Women Women's Leadership Role in Political ArenaConclusion. Tara Manchin Hangzo 5. A Gender Perspective on Democratisation 73 Conclusion Ninglun Hanghal 6. Gender Inequality among the Kuki of Manipur 85 IntroductionStatus of Kuki WomenProperty and Law of Inheritance Conclusion. Lalgin Chongloi SECTIONIII: DEMOCRATISATION VISAVIS IDENTITY POLITICS/CIVIL SOCIETY/STATE 7. Identity Politics and Process of Democratisation: Emerging Trends in NorthEast India 103 Ethnicity and Nationality in NorthEast India: BTAD Violence in PerspectiveBTAD Violence 2012Where Do We Go from Here?Nonconvergence in Approach and Opinion among Different Layers of the Government on the Issue of Illegal MigrantsMarginalisation of Decent and Critical Voices within Bodo CommunityRole of the GovernmentWhose Responsibility is Law and Order? The Issue of Illegal Possession of ArmsIlliteracy, Poverty and Birth Rate: The Political ReactionThe Secular Foundation of Assamese SocietyProgressive and Secular Community in Assam and its Historic Role in 1960s Dissent in Other Issues should Sincerely be Addressed Accommodating the Rights of the NonBodos in all Ethnically Defined Councils Including in BTAD. Akhil Ranjan Dutta 8. Identity Issues and the Emerging Reality in NorthEast India 129 IntroductionFrom Archaic Space to TerritoryFrom Politicisation of Ethnicity to Ethnicisation of Politics Points to Ponder. Gorky Chakraborty 6 Democr.