Development and the Tribal Question in India

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-1-009-72941-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Tribes and indigenous groups are viewed as the 'other', far removed from the non-tribal populace. This book examines India's growth story from the perspective of tribes – it places the experience of tribes at the centre while considering the multiple realities of different tribal communities across the country. This edited volume offers insights into the varying conditions of tribes across different states and communities by highlighting the complex and contesting nature of tribal development. It aims to understand the complexities of the interactions and negotiations between the state and tribal communities, while taking care not to group all tribal experiences as homogenous. The last few years have witnessed increasing violence being inflicted upon different tribal communities and further emphasized the otherization of these communities, whose contributions still remain largely ignored. With this context in mind, this volume offers much-needed insight and assimilates them into the wider scholarship which otherwise excluded their experiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Puia, Roluah

Xaxa, Virginius

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Situating Tribes in India's Development Discourse Roluahpuia and Virginius Xaxa; Part I. Locating Tribal Development: 2. Elwin and Ghurye Debate on Policy for Tribes in Retrospect Virginius Xaxa; 3. Nehru, Tribals, and Constitutional Morality in India V. Bijukumar; 4. Dominant Groups and Humiliation in Adivasi Kerala R. C. Sudheesh; Part II. Being Tribe/Adivasi: 5. Adivasi–Bodo Claims Making and Contestation in Assam Bipasha Rosy Lakra; 6. Christian Modernity and Changing Identity of the Saora Tribe in Odisha Aswino Gomango; Part III. Extractions and Exclusion: 7. Coal, Commodity, and Community in Arunachal Pradesh Manta Wangsu; 8. Is Privatization the Answer to Tribal Land Problems? Roluahpuia; 9. Environmental 'Governmentality' in the Adivasi Region of Telangana Jadhav Prathap Singh; Part IV. Development and Transformation: 10. Tribal Development and Political Autonomy in Karbi Anglong, Assam Jasodhara Borthakur; 11. Tribes, Language, and the State in Jharkhand Deepali Aparajita Dungdung; 12. Small Towns as Nodes in Phek, Nagaland Viliebeinuo Medom and Nilamber Chhetri; About the Contributors; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Puia, Roluah
Roluahpuia is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee. His research interests broadly concern identity, nationalism, development, and borderland studies. He has previously published Nationalism in the Vernacular with the Press (2023).

Xaxa, Virginius
Virginius Xaxa is a visiting professor at the Institute of Human Development (IHD), New Delhi. His research interests include sociological concerns of plantation labourers, tribal communities, agrarian structure and development, social exclusion and marginalization.