Conflict and Youth Rights in India: Engagement and Identity in the North East - Hardcover

Freddy, Haans J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811030685 ISBN 13: 9789811030680

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Synopsis

This book examines how conflict has affected the rights of youth in Northeast India. Examining youth engagement in protracted conflict and its impact on youth rights, the author considers the complex issues besieging the region, including armed insurgency, conflicts between ethnic groups, human rights violations, poor governance and a lack of economic development, all factors contributing to the lack of growth in the region, and a consequent sense of alienation from the Indian mainstream. Moving beyond considering Northeast India as a theatre of insurgency, this pivot offers an alternative understanding of youth unrest in India and issues of non-representation in terms of rights and ethnic, national and cultural identities.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Haans J. Freddy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College. He was also a Research Fellow in the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. Dr. Freddy received his PhD in Political Science from North Eastern Hill University and is the recipient of the Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowship of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (ICSSR). 

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 9811030685
• ISBN 13: 9789811030680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 110