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1 online resource (xv, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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CIVIL SOCIETY, DEMOCRATIZATION AND THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN SECURITY: THE POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, GENDER, AND IDENTITY IN NORTHEAST INDIA; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; GLOSSARY OF NON-ENGLISH TERMS ; INTRODUCTION ; PART 1: BOUNDED SPHERES, BOUNDED IDENTITIES ; CIVIL SOCIETY, DEMOCRATISATION AND HUMAN SECURITY ; THE ASCENDANCY OF THE THIRD SPHERE MODEL ; WHY CIVIL SOCIETY? ; EURO-CENTRISM AND CRITICAL CIVIL SOCIETY ; CIVIL SOCIETY IN INDIA ; HUMAN SECURITY ; APPLYING HUMAN SECURITY ; A CRITICAL STARTING POINT |
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COLONIALISM, STATE FORMATION, AND IDENTITY IN NORTHEAST INDIA DRIVE-IN ANTHROPOLOGY ; CREATING TRIBES AND HILL TRIBES IN COLONIAL ASSAM ; THE PERSISTENCE OF COLONIAL CATEGORIES: STATE FORMATION AND THE FURTHER POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY ; THE 'OUTSIDERS' DISCOURSE: POLITICAL POWER AND ETHNICITY IN MEGHALAYA ; THE HEGEMONY OF IDENTITY IN MEGHALAYA ; IDENTITY, POWER AND INEQUALITY ; INSECURE IDENTITY ; PART II -- MARGINALITY AND VOICE: THE INSECURITY OF CIVIL SOCIETY ; CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL INSECURITY: THE POLITICS OF DEGRADATION AND IDENTITY |
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APPROACHING ENVIRONMENTAL INSECURITY ENVIRONMENTALISM IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXTS ; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MEGHALAYA ; URANIUM MINING, COAL MINING, AND 'OUTSIDERS' ; COAL MINING ; ETHNICISING THE ENVIRONMENT ; THE MYTH OF EMPOWERMENT: GENDER, INSECURITY, AND IDENTITY ; APPROACHING GENDER AND INSECURITY ; GENDER-BASED INSECURITY IN THE KHASI HILLS ; GENDER POLITICS IN THE KHASI HILLS; CONTESTING POWER: RECOVERING AGENCY ; TOWARDS TRANSCENDENCE? ; PART III -- TRANSCENDENCE: BRINGING BACK THE POLITICAL |
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TRANSCENDENCE: RE-THINKING CIVIL SOCIETY, RE-INTERPRETING HUMAN SECURITY, AND RE-IMAGINING MEGHALAYA RE-IMAGINING CIVIL SOCIETY ; RE-INTERPRETING HUMAN SECURITY ; RE-IMAGINING MEGHALAYA ; TRANSCENDENCE ; RE-POLITICISATION ; CONCLUSION: UNCOVERING NEGLECTED NARRATIVES OF INSECURITY ; APPENDIX 1: LIST OF ORGANISATIONS CONSULTED ; REFERENCES ; INDEX |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-203) and index |
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Political participation -- India -- Meghalaya
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Civil society -- India -- Meghalaya
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Democratization -- India -- Meghalaya
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National security -- India -- Meghalaya
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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Civil society
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Democratization
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National security
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Political participation
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Politics and government
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Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
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Politisches Handeln
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Meghalaya (India) -- Politics and government
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India -- Meghalaya
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Meghalaya
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781607414032 |
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1607414031 |
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