States of difference: Refiguring ethnicity and its 'crisis' at India's borders

Political Geography

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-24

  Middleton, Townsend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Borders; Ethnicity; Identity politics; India; Recognition; Subnationalism

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BORDER REGION; ETHNICITY; GEOPOLITICS; NATION STATE; NATIONALISM;

DARJEELING; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84882919722     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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