Polity, Political Process and Social Control in South Asia the Tribal and Rural Perspective [Hardcover]

The book observe a paradigm shift in the traditional and hereditary political structure of unique characteristics of the South Asian tribal and rural societies-besides, up surge of socio political movements and their varying magnitude and objectives, the problem of policy, political process and social control, emerging pattern of leadership, political process, function, cleavage etc. common to all South Asian countries of immense use to the disciplines: Anthropology, sociology, Political Science, other allied disciplines. About The Author:- Dr. M. K. Raha, is a member, Anthropological survey of India, New Delhi. Iar Ali Khan, is Assistant Anthropologist at Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India. Contents:- Preface • Acknowledgements • List of Contributors • Introduction BANGLADESH Modern Politics and the Tribal Question: A Review of the Developments in the Chittagong Hill Tracts • Hasanuzzaman Choudhury • The Indigenous People of the Chittagong • Hill Tracts : Restructuring of Political System Aditya K. Dewan BHUTAN • State Building in Modern Bhutan (1616 -1990): A Structural Functional Analysis Tapash K. Roy Choudhury • State Structure, Ideology and Political System in Bhutan Anup Datta • NEPAL • Socio-Political Aspect of the Sherpas of Nepal: Persistence and Change B.C. Upreti • The Dhimal of Nepal at Cross Road Rishikeshab Raj Regmi • INDIA • Politics and Political Processes in Tribal India: Then and Now Sachchidananda • Meghalaya: The Politics of Ethnic Groups B. Pakem • Emerging Pattern of Tribal Leadership in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya : Persistence and Change in Power Structure L.S. Gassah J.B. Bhattacharjee • Power and Privilege of the Chiefs in the Manipur Hills B.B. Goswami • Tribal Polity in West Bengal: An Overview Amal Kumar Das • Culture and Politics in Tribal Bihar R.M. Sarkar • Traditional Political Organisation of the Munda of Chota Nagpur and its Changes Lydia Icke-Schwalbe • Traditional Polity of the Jatapu Continuity and Change lar Ali Khan • Changes and Persistence in the Political Organization of the Malayalis of Kalrayan Hills S. Lourdusamy • Political System of the Gonds S.G. Deogaonkar • The Dramaturgy of Power and Politics in a Tribal Region H. L. Shukla • The Authority Structure in the Nicobarese Society T.N. Pandit A. Justin • Politics, Political Organisation and Religion in the Himalayas : An Emerging Pattern Manis Kumar Raha • Index The Title 'Polity, Political Process and Social Control in South Asia the Tribal and Rural Perspective written/authored/edited by M.K. Raha, Iar Ali Khan', published in the year 1993. The ISBN 9788121204132 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 380 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology / Tribal Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-