Dr Ipshita Basu (Reader in Global Dev Reader in Global Development

Reclaiming Indigeneity and Democracy in India's Jharkhand

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an timely account of indigenous politics and represents the first-ever attempt to foreground the complex 'political nature' of social justice claims-making in a democracy such as India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780198884675
• ISBN-10: 0198884672
• Artikelnr.: 68505796

Autorenporträt

Ipshita Basu is a political sociologist specialising in Development Justice for indigenous communities and marginalised groups in contexts of change and conflict. Basu holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Bath and M.A. from the University of Warwick. Currently she is Reader in Global Development at the University of Westminster's Centre for Study of Democracy, and prior to this, she was based at the University of Surrey and the BRAC University in Bangladesh.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: Indigenous Subalterns and the 'Politics' of Recognition
2: Relations of Justification and Democratic Structures
3: The Politics of Names and Numbers in Jharkhand
4: The Instrumental Politics of the Hindu Right in Jharkhand
5: The Dilemmas of Regional Parties in Jharkhand
6: Maoists and the Costs of Indigenous Subaltern Citizenship
7: Conclusion