Bhaumik, Subir

Troubled periphery: crisis of India's north east - New Delhi Sage Publications India Pvt.Ltd 2009 - xxiv, 305 p. 21 cm ; Hard Bound - Sage studies on India's north east .

Rs.595/- TBH Library book suppliers

India's north east : frontier to region --
Ethnicity, ideology and religion --
Land, language, and leadership --
Insurgency, ethnic cleansing and forced migration --
The foreign hand --
Guns, drugs and contraband --
Elections, pressure groups and civil society --
The crisis of development --
The road ahead.

This book maps the evolution of India's North East into a constituent region of the republic and analyses the perpetual crisis in the region since Independence. It highlights how land, language and leadership issues have been the seed of contention in the North East and how factors like ethnicity, ideology and religion have shaped the conflicts.

978-8132102373


Sociology
Politics and government
Ethnic relations

306.09541 BHA