The Politics Of Ethnicity In India, Nepal And China

The Politics of Ethnicity in India, Nepal and China critically examines the social, cultural and political processes that have shaped the lives of ethnic minorities in these societies since the 1950s. In India, the authorities have created smaller states in an attempt to accommodate the political and economic aspirations of some of these groups. Inspired by the Indian experiment, the political elite in Nepal is now seeking to fully integrate the adivasis/janajatis as citizens. The Chinese state, on the other hand ignores the political demands of its minorities, and focuses on their economic development and their modernization.