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Borderland City in New India explores contemporary urban life in two cities in India's Northeast borderland at a time of dramatic change. Social and economic transformation from India's embrace of neoliberalism and globalisation, often referred to as 'new' India, has become a popular subject for academic analysis in the last decade. This is epitomised by focus on so-called 'mega-cities', reflecting a general trend in scholarship on other parts of Asia. However, far less attention has been afforded to borderland regions and to the provincial cities of 'new' India. Using ethnographic material, this book focuses on two cities in India's Northeast borderland: Aizawl and Imphal. Both cities have been profoundly affected by armed conflict, militarism, displacement, and inter-ethnic tensions. Yet, both are also experiencing intensified flows of goods and people, rapid urban development, and expansion of Indian and foreign capital associated with the opening of the borderland west to the rest of India and east to the rest of Asia

Borderland Cities in New India explores contemporary urban life in two cities in India's Northeast borderland at a time of dramatic change. Social and economic transformation from India's embrace of neoliberalism and globalisation, often referred to as 'new' India, has become a popular subject for academic analysis in the last decade. This is epitomised by focus on so-called 'mega-cities', reflecting a general trend in scholarship on other parts of Asia. However, far less attention has been afforded to borderland regions and to the provincial cities of 'new' India. Using ethnographic material, this book focuses on two cities in India's Northeast borderland: Aizawl and Imphal. Both cities have been profoundly affected by armed conflict, militarism, displacement, and inter-ethnic tensions. Yet, both are also experiencing intensified flows of goods and people, rapid urban development, and expansion of Indian and foreign capital associated with the opening of the borderland west to the rest of India and east to the rest of Asia. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps and Images -- Map 1.1 Manipur and surrounding states and territories -- Image 1.1 Shanker Talkies, Lamphelpat -- Image 2.1 Central Imphal facing north -- Image 2.2 Multi-storey houses alongside partially completed houses, Uripok Khumanthem Leikai -- Image 2.3 Manhunt billboard, LIC Point -- Image 3.1 State Police at Thangal Bazaar -- Image 3.2 Bir Tikendrajit Flyover with the Ima Keithel behind -- Image 3.3 PLA Memorial at Cheiraoching -- Image 4.1 Advertisement for 23rd Century, Salam Leikai -- Image 5.1 Billboard featuring Mary Kom, Khoyathong -- Image 5.2 Local clothes shop, New Checkon -- Image 6.1 Shija Hospital, Langol -- Image 6.2 Baptist church under construction, Langol -- Image 7.1 School under construction, Sangaiprou -- Image 7.2 Advertisement for a secondary school, DM campus -- Image 8.1 Start of the rally, Haobam Marak Lourembam Leikai -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Disturbed City, Sensitive Space -- Frontiers to Corridors -- Approaching Imphal -- Structure of the Book -- Terminology and Place Names -- Part 1 - Disturbed City, Sensitive Space -- 2. Belonging -- Small City, Growing City -- Plurality and Polarity -- Neighbourhoods -- Alternative Places -- Conclusion -- 3. Control -- Spatial Control in Imphal -- The Armed Forces -- Civilian Government -- Non-state Actors -- Contesting and Co-opting Memory -- Resistance and Nationalism -- Insurgent Memorials -- Conclusion -- 4. Exclusion -- Ethnic Politics -- Mao Gate -- Sadar Hills -- Belonging and the Blockades -- Indigenous Politics -- Conclusion -- Part 2 - Liberalising the Frontier -- 5. Gateway City -- New India and Its Frontier -- Indigenising Indian Capital -- Gateway Livelihoods -- Closing the Gate -- Conclusion -- 6. Health City -- Building a Health City -- The Decaying Public System.

"Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail is an ethnographic study of migrants from India's north-east border region living and working in Delhi, the nation's capital. Northeast India borders China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Despite burgeoning interest in the region, little attention is given to the thousands of migrants leaving the region for Indian cities for refuge, work, and study. The stories of Northeast migrants reveal an everyday Northeast India rarely captured elsewhere and offer an alternative view of contemporary India. Northeast migrants covet the employment opportunities created by India's embrace of globalization; shopping malls, restaurants, and call centres. Yet Northeast migrants also experience high levels of racism, harassment, and violence. Far from simply victims of the city, Northeast migrants have created their own 'map' of Delhi, enabling a sense of belonging, albeit an uneasy one. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to scholars of anthropology, urban studies, geography, migration, and Asian Studies."--Publisher's website

Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail is an ethnographic study of migrants from India's north-east border region living and working in Delhi, the nation's capital. Northeast India borders China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Despite burgeoning interest in the region, little attention is given to the thousands of migrants leaving the region for Indian cities for refuge, work, and study. The stories of Northeast migrants reveal an everyday Northeast India rarely captured elsewhere and offer an alternative view of contemporary India. Northeast migrants covet the employment opportunities created by India's embrace of globalization; shopping malls, restaurants, and call centres. Yet Northeast migrants also experience high levels of racism, harassment, and violence. Far from simply victims of the city, Northeast migrants have created their own 'map' of Delhi, enabling a sense of belonging, albeit an uneasy one. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to scholars of anthropology, urban studies, geography, migration, and Asian Studies. - Dit baanbrekende boek is een etnografische studie naar de migranten die in steeds grotere getale van het noordoosten van India naar de hoofdstad Delhi trekken. De sociale, politieke en economische activiteiten van deze etnische minderheden bieden een heel andere kijk op het hedendaagse India. Door de opkomst van het neoliberale globalisme in India vinden deze migranten in Delhi volop werk in restaurants en supermarkten, maar worden zij daar ook geconfronteerd met racisme en geweld. Tegelijkertijd zoeken ze in hun nieuwe omgeving naar een eigen identiteit.

Intro -- CIVIL SOCIETY, DEMOCRATIZATION AND THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN SECURITY: THE POLITICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, GENDER, AND IDENTITY IN NORTHEAST INDIA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- GLOSSARY OF NON-ENGLISH TERMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: BOUNDED SPHERES, BOUNDED IDENTITIES -- CIVIL SOCIETY, DEMOCRATISATION AND HUMAN SECURITY -- THE ASCENDANCY OF THE THIRD SPHERE MODEL -- WHY CIVIL SOCIETY? -- EURO-CENTRISM AND CRITICAL CIVIL SOCIETY -- CIVIL SOCIETY IN INDIA -- HUMAN SECURITY -- APPLYING HUMAN SECURITY -- A CRITICAL STARTING POINT -- COLONIALISM, STATE FORMATION, AND IDENTITY IN NORTHEAST INDIA -- DRIVE-IN ANTHROPOLOGY -- CREATING TRIBES AND HILL TRIBES IN COLONIAL ASSAM -- THE PERSISTENCE OF COLONIAL CATEGORIES: STATE FORMATION AND THE FURTHER POLITICISATION OF IDENTITY -- THE 'OUTSIDERS' DISCOURSE: POLITICAL POWER AND ETHNICITY IN MEGHALAYA -- THE HEGEMONY OF IDENTITY IN MEGHALAYA -- IDENTITY, POWER AND INEQUALITY -- INSECURE IDENTITY -- PART II - MARGINALITY AND VOICE: THE INSECURITY OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL INSECURITY: THE POLITICS OF DEGRADATION AND IDENTITY -- APPROACHING ENVIRONMENTAL INSECURITY -- ENVIRONMENTALISM IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXTS -- ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MEGHALAYA -- URANIUM MINING, COAL MINING, AND 'OUTSIDERS' -- COAL MINING -- ETHNICISING THE ENVIRONMENT -- THE MYTH OF EMPOWERMENT: GENDER, INSECURITY, AND IDENTITY -- APPROACHING GENDER AND INSECURITY -- GENDER-BASED INSECURITY IN THE KHASI HILLS -- GENDER POLITICS IN THE KHASI HILLS -- CONTESTING POWER: RECOVERING AGENCY -- TOWARDS TRANSCENDENCE? -- PART III - TRANSCENDENCE: BRINGING BACK THE POLITICAL -- TRANSCENDENCE: RE-THINKING CIVIL SOCIETY, RE-INTERPRETING HUMAN SECURITY, AND RE-IMAGINING MEGHALAYA -- RE-IMAGINING CIVIL SOCIETY -- RE-INTERPRETING HUMAN SECURITY -- RE-IMAGINING MEGHALAYA.

Nandini Deo and Duncan McDuie-Ra explore India's vibrant civil society sector, focusing on the ways that it actually operates "on the ground." Offering an insightful analysis, they identify what influences the relative success or failure of various movements; and the tools that activists use to overcome obstacles; the traps that often derail efforts to frame, politicize, and effectively act on issues.

In the current historical moment borders have taken on heightened material and symbolic significance, shaping identities and the social and political landscape. "Borders"—defined broadly to include territorial dividing lines as well as sociocultural boundaries—have become increasingly salient sites of struggle over social belonging and cultural and material resources. How do contemporary activists navigate and challenge these borders? What meanings do they ascribe to different social, cultural and political boundaries, and how do these meanings shape the strategies in which they engage? Moreover, how do these social movements confront internal borders based on the differences that emerge within social change initiatives?Border Politics, edited by Nancy A. Naples and Jennifer Bickham Mendez, explores these important questions through eleven carefully selected case studies situated in geographic contexts around the globe. By conceptualizing struggles over identity, social belonging and exclusion as extensions of border politics, the authors capture the complex ways in which geographic, cultural, and symbolic dividing lines are blurred and transcended, but also fortified and redrawn. This volume notably places right-wing and social justice initiatives in the same analytical frame to identify patterns that span the political spectrum. Border Politics offers a lens through which to understand borders as sites of diverse struggles, as well as the strategies and practices used by diverse social movements in today's globally interconnected world. Contributors: Phillip Ayoub, Renata Blumberg, Yvonne Braun, Moon Charania, Michael Dreiling, Jennifer Johnson, Jesse Klein, Andrej Kurnik, Sarah Maddison, Duncan McDuie-Ra, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Nancy A. Naples, David Paternotte, Maple Razsa, Raphi Rechitsky, Kyle Rogers, Deana Rohlinger, Cristina Sanidad, Meera Sehgal, Tara Stamm, Michelle Téllez