Autonomy and democratic governance in Northeast India / edited by M. Amarjeet Singh.
| Other author | Singh, M. Amarjeet. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / M. Amarjeet Singh -- The sixth schedule to the Constitution of India : emergence and development / Jangkhongam Doungel -- Revisiting sixth schedule and demand for separate states in Northeast India : a paradox of political autonomy / Mayengbam Nandakishwor Singh -- State within a state : analysing the issues and challenges of autonomous councils / Ashutosh Tripathi and Gautam Kumar -- Contextualising democratic governance in Bodoland : changes and challenges / Ankur Jyoti Bhuyan, Tarun Gogoi and Partha Pratim Borah -- Challenging predicaments of electoral politics of an autonomous district council : the case of Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), Assam / Nironjoy Islary -- The working of the autonomous district councils in Manipur in theory and practice / Thangkhanlal Ngaihte -- Traditional institutions, state recognition and democracy in Sikkim : reconciling tradition with modernity / Durga Prasad Chhetri -- Subject and citizen : the autonomy question and Dzumsa in Sikkim / Sunil Pradhan -- The crisis within : can the autonomous district councils survive in Meghalaya? / Dhiraj Kumar Borkotoky -- Autonomy movements of Bodos and Chutias of Assam : a comparative study / Pallabi Deka and Tribedi Chutia -- The trajectory from Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council to Gorkhaland territorial administration : a fragile administrative autonomy in Darjeeling / Kabindra Sharma, Sanghamitra Choudhury and Debojyoti Das -- Understanding autonomy movement of the Misings in Assam / Bhaskar Pegu -- Autonomy and democratisation through cooperatives : change from within / Aloke N. Prabhu. |
| Abstract | "This volume studies the various forms of ethnic autonomy envisioned within and outside the purview of the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It explores the role of the British Indian administration and the Constituent Assembly of India in the introduction and inclusion of the schedule and the special provisions granted under it. Drawing on case studies from the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Sikkim in Northeast India and Darjeeling in North Bengal, it examines whether the practice of granting autonomy has been able to fulfil the political aspirations of the ethnic communities and how far autonomy settles or eases conflict. It also discusses sub-state nationalism and if it can be accommodated within autonomy, and studies the views of the central government and state governments towards such autonomy. An important contribution towards understanding India's federal structure, the volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of politics, democracy, Indian Constitution, law, self-governance, political theory, and South Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Autonomy and democratic governance in Northeast India Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367720360 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021049151 |
| ISBN | 9781000556100 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003158417 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |