States Reorganisation: Contemporary Concerns

Published By: eSS, Mumbai, India | Published Date: January, 14 , 2009

Language alone can no longer be the basis for division of states. Issues such as size, governance, economic viability and recognition of new identities are equally important to consider the demands for reorganisation of states. Moreover, the social, economic and political context in which reorganisation takes place today is vastly different from the decades of 1950s and 1960s. Understanding these factors could provide a new framework for analylsing states reorganisation today. Report of an international conference on 'Interrogating States Reorganisation: Culture, Identity and Political Economy in Independent India'.

Author(s): Sudha Pai, Asha Sarangi | Posted on: Jan 14, 2009 | Views(3874) | Download (5992)


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