Adivasis, Migrants and the State in India

ISBN-13: 9781138567719 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 282 str.

Jagannath Ambagudia

Opis

This book looks at the contested relationship between Adivasis or the indigenous peoples, migrants and the state in India. It delves into the nature and dynamics of competition and resource conflicts between the Adivasis and the migrants drawing on the ground experiences of the Dandakaranya Project.

Spis treści

Introduction: Migration, Communities and Conflicts over Resources in India 1. Rights, Dissent and Conflict: Migrants, State and Citizenship in India 2. Creating a Space for Migrants: The Idea and Execution of the Dandakaranya Project in Adivasi Region 3. Adivasis, Bengali Migrants and the State: Explaining the Differentiated Marginality 4. Dispossession, Discontent and Conflict: Interface Between Adivasis and Bengali Migrants 5. Competing Communities: Domination, Marginalisation and Political Contestation 6. Adivasis, Resource Scarcity and the State: Emergence of Naxalite Politics. Conclusion.

O autorze

Jagannath Ambagudia is Associate Professor at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Chairperson, Unit for Research and Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus, Assam, India. Previously, he taught at the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi; National Law School of India University, Bangalore, Karnataka; and ARSD College, University of Delhi. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in edited volumes on issues of Adivasi society, social exclusion and inclusion, development and deprivation, marginalisation, preferential treatment, distributive justice and community conflict.