The present book highlights the dynamics of power relations affecting the multitudinous tribal structures in the northeastern region. There are two broad themes in this book the state and the tribal power structures constitute one theme and gender and power constitutes the other. The book contains 20 research papers with an editorial note on these themes. The research papers are based on current and rigorous empirical studies made by the regional scholars and cover the state scenarios of Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. The dynamics of power structures has been viewed from the traditional, colonial, liberal and post liberal frameworks. The book has both epistemological and empirical values and is highly helpful to the current social science researchers, academicians and policy planners in this region and beyond.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Asok Kumar Ray
Dr. Asok Kumar Ray. 1951. Served as a teacher of Political Science in undergraduate classes under Manipur University for 18 years. Awarded Ph.D. Degree for working on tribal political system. Published the first book 'Authority and Legitimacy -A Study of the Thandou Kukis of Manipur. Published and presented as many as fifty five research papers on inter-disciplinary areas of social science. Worked in close association with Education Department and Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Manipur, and produced archival materials on Kuki Rebellion (from Calcutta & Dishpur Achieves) and a Bibliography on the Tribes of Manipur respectively. Prepared Bibliography on Structural Adjustment and New Economic Policy. (Mimeographed). The author is a Life Member of -NEICSSR, Shillong & Indian Sociological Society.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Basudeb Dutta Ray
Dr. Basudeb Dutta Ray is a freedom fighter and pioneer of social science research in northeast India. He is the founder secretary of North-east India Council for social Science Research, Shillong. He has authored four books namely: 'Administrative History of North East India'; 'Tribal Identity and Tension in North East India' and 'Tribal Occupational Mobility in North East India'. He has creditably edited as many as eighteen books on northeast India. More than fifty research articles of Dr. Dutta Ray have been published in various academic journals and newspapers.
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