This book approaches grassroots governance and democracy from a sociological perspective, focusing on the interaction between the community and the State.  It explores the interrelationship between state, governance and community and demonstrates the performativity aspects of both political actors and citizens in various elections in India. It also highlights the need to understand the dynamics of governance in a multi-ethnic society and democracy like India both at the micro and macro levels. Offering detailed explanations of formal and informal governance in people’s everyday lives, it...

This book chronicles the discernible strains on the questions of indegeneity, citizenship, identity, and border making in the Northeast India.