TY - BOOK AU - Goswami, Sandhya, ed. TI - Troubled diversity: the political process in Northeast India SN - 9780199453337 U1 - 320.95416 PY - 2015/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford KW - India, Northeastern KW - Multiculturalism KW - Identity politics KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions N1 - Foreword by D.P. Barooah List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction by Sandhya Goswami I. Historical Legacies 1. Constructing and Performing Diversity: Colonial and Contemporary Processes Nandana Dutta 2. Post-Colonial Indian State and Tribes: Nationalist Discursive Structures and a New Hegemonic Consensus Amit Prakash 3. Nation-State and Ethnicity: The Critical Discourse in Northeast India Asok Kumar Ray 4. Adivasi Identity Question in Assam: A Historical Perspective Meeta Deka II. Diversity, Development, Confl ict, and Management 5. The Nexus between Development and Diversity: A Case Study of the Pagladia Dam Project Barnalee Choudhury 6. Demand of 'Tea Tribes' for Scheduled Tribe Status in Assam: A Review Dhruba Pratim Sharma 7. Autonomy Question and Local Governance Paradox: Alternative Intra-federal De-territorialized Model Jayanta Krishna Sarmah 8. Managing Diversity: The Case of the Karbi-Dimasa Autonomy Movement Uttam Bathari III. Comparative Perspective 9. Northeast and Kashmir: Problems in a Comparative Perspective Noor Ahmad Baba 10. Diversity and Conflict: Lessons Drawn from Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India Rekha Chowdhary and Sandhya Goswami 11. Beyond the Politics of Control Bhagat Oinam Index Notes on the Editor and Contributors ER -