CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Jawaharlal Nehru University
SEMINAR SERIES
Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, JNU
On
Ethnocracy in Manipur
Abstract
The seminar will discuss the dynamics of ethnopolitics in Manipur, particularly how the State falls into the ‘ethnocracy trap’ and thus perpetuates ethnocratic regimes. Rather than looking into the demand for internal autonomy within the sub-national state by minority groups, the ethnocratic state has been trying to achieve instrumental ends. The denial of ‘delimitation’ of assembly constituencies and the Sixth Schedule demand in the State has sharpened divisions and widened the hill-valley divide. The future of the State depends on how ethnic aspirations are negotiated and accommodated, and the management of diversity.
3.00 pm, Friday, 14 January 2022
About the Speaker:
Thongkholal Haokip is Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was formerly with the Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has authored India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast (Sage, 2015), edited The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture (Bookwell, 2013) and co edited The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919: A Frontier Uprising Against Imperialism During the First World War (Routledge, 2019). Dr Haokip is the editor of Journal of North-East India Studies and former Executive Editor of Asian Ethnicity.
The Seminar will be held online via Google Meet
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