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- Offers a critical analysis of youth rights in the context of conflict in Northeast India
- Proposes youth rights as an alternative vehicle to address youth involvement in ethnic conflict, especially armed insurgency
- Considers youth engagement in conflict in terms of representation and national and cultural identities
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Keywords
- democracy, state repression and terrorism
- Youth rights in India
- Youth participation and intergenerational equity
- youth activism and conflict
- ethnic conflict and insurgency in India
- youth and high-risk behaviour
- terrorism, insurgency and youth
- ethnic, national and cultural identities
- Non representation of youth
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai, India
Haans J. Freddy
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conflict and Youth Rights in India
Book Subtitle: Engagement and Identity in the North East
Authors: Haans J. Freddy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3069-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3068-0Published: 08 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9780-5Published: 31 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3069-7Published: 28 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 89
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Youth Culture, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice