Ebook: In the shadows of the state : indigenous politics, environmentalism, and insurgency in Jharkhand, India
Author: Shah Alpa
- Tags: Indigenous peoples -- India -- Jharkhand -- Social conditions, Indigenous peoples -- India -- Jharkhand -- Economic conditions, Indigenous peoples -- India -- Jharkhand -- Politics and government, Jharkhand (India) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements, Indigenous peoples -- Economic conditions, Indigenous peoples -- Politics and government, Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions, Autonomy and independence movements, India -- Jharkhand, Indigenismus, Politische Bewegung, Demokratisierung, Polit
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Duke University Press
- City: Durham, NC, Indien, Jharkhand (India), India--Jharkhand.
- Language: English
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"In the Shadow of the State suggests that well-meaning indigenous rights and development claims and interventions may misrepresent and hurt the very people they intend to help. It is a powerful critique based on extensive ethnographic research in Jharkhand, a state in eastern India officially created in 2000. While the realization of an independent Jharkhand was the culmination of years of local, regional, and Read more...