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Drawing on detailed analyses of 7 South Asian cases-Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Assam, Tamilnadu, and Sri Lanka-the contributors move beyond sociological and economic explanations of the origin and evolution of South Asian nationalism to formulate a political explanation based on theories of cultural nationalism and collective action.
List of contents
Introduction -- Sub-national Movements in South Asia: Identity, Collective Action and Political Protest -- Ethnic Construction, Provincial Identity and Nationalism in Pakistan: The Case of Baluchistan -- The Politics of Ethnic Conflict in Sindh: Nation, Region and Community in Pakistan -- The Punjab Crisis Since 1984: A Reassessment -- Kashmir: A Strategic Crisis or Ethnic Nationalism? -- Youth Militancy and the Rise of Sri Lanka: Tamil Nationalism -- Cultural Sub-Nationalism in India's North-East: An Overview -- Sense, Sentiment and Populist Coalitions: The Strange Career of Cultural Nationalism in Tamil Nadu1 -- Epilogue
Summary
Drawing on detailed analyses of 7 South Asian cases–Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Assam, Tamilnadu, and Sri Lanka–the contributors move beyond sociological and economic explanations of the origin and evolution of South Asian nationalism to formulate a political explanation based on theories of cultural nationalism and collective action.
