Misra, Udayon.

India's north east: identity movements, state, and civil society/ Udayon Misra. - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. - viii, 366 p. ; 23 cm.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Section A: Northeast India: Roots of Alienation
1. India's Northeast: Tracing Some of the Early Roots of Alienation
2. Assam and the Partition: Caught in the Time Warp
3. Who 'Owns' India: The Meaning of 'My' in 'My Country'
Section B: Course and Character of the Naga Struggle
4. The Naga National Question
5. Naga Nationalism and the Role of the Middle Class
6. Portrait of a Naga 'Hostile'
7. CPI and the Naga Struggle
8. Alternate Voices in the Naga Movement
Section C: Assam : Identity Movements and Insurgent Politics
9. Immigration and Identity Transformation in Assam
10. Targeting the Innocent
11. No Tears for the Liberators
12. ULFA: Beginning of the End
13. Peace Talks or the Fall of the Curtain for ULFA?
14. Bodo Stir: Complex Issues, Unattainable Demands
15. Bodoland: The Burden of History
16. Assam Tea: The Bitter Brew
17. Fresh Tension in Upper Assam Tea Belt
18. The Adivasi Struggle
Section D: State and Civil Society in Northeast India
19. Comparing the Naga and Assam Peace Processes
20. Naga Peace Talks: High Hopes and Hard Realities
21. Assam: Towards a Viable Peace or a Cul-De-Sac?
22. Roll Call of the Dead
23. Army Killings in Assam
24. Asom Sahitya Sabha
25. KMSS: Giving a New Edge to People's Protests
26. Hereditary Power Structures, Traditional Institutions and Representative Democracy
About the Author
Index

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Politics and government
Social movements
Ethnic relations
Civil society
Ethnic conflict
Separatist movements
Group identity

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