1st Edition
Subnational Movements In South Asia
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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South Asian politics have been increasingly dominated by ethnic movements seeking control over parts of existing national states, each in the name of their own distinct identity. The leaders of these movements justify their claims by asserting the moral right of their "nation" to its homeland. Although the government usually treats these separatist movements as divisive threats to domestic... Read more
Introduction -- Sub-national Movements in South Asia: Identity, Collective Action and Political Protest -- Ethnic Construction, Provincial Identity and Nationalism in Pakistan: The Case of Baluchistan -- The Politics of Ethnic Conflict in Sindh: Nation, Region and Community in Pakistan -- The Punjab Crisis Since 1984: A Reassessment -- Kashmir: A Strategic Crisis or Ethnic Nationalism? -- Youth Militancy and the Rise of Sri Lanka: Tamil Nationalism -- Cultural Sub-Nationalism in India's North-East: An Overview -- Sense, Sentiment and Populist Coalitions: The Strange Career of Cultural Nationalism in Tamil Nadu1 -- Epilogue
Biography
Subrata K. Mitra
