Radical politics and governance in India's North East: the case of Tripura
In: Routledge studies in South Asian politics 14
Introduction to radical politics and governance in India's North East -- Marxism and the national/ethnic question : theory and practice in India -- Ethnic diversity and ethnic radicalism in India's North East -- Institutionalization of ethnic radicalism in India's North East : power-sharing, participation and governance -- Roots of radical politics in Tripura, princely state : demographic, social and economic transformations -- The ethnic radicalism in Tripura : Reang rebellion 1943-45 and the birth of an ethnic identity -- Origins of the communist movement in Tripura : Jana Mongal Samity, Jana Shiksha Samity and Paraja Mondal -- Dialectics of radical ethnic nationalism and left radicalism in Tripura, 1948-51 : communist influence over the tribal mass mobilization -- Radical ethno-nationalism in Tripura, 1948-50 -- Left radicalism turned parliamentary and institutionalized in Tripura : appropriation of tribal ethno-nationalism -- The rise and decline of the TUJS in Tripura : radical ethnic challenge to the left -- Marxists in power in Tripura : sub-state level institutionalization of tribal identity -- Marxists in power in Tripura : dilemmas of governance in Tripura since the 1990s -- Conclusion.