The Parchment of Kashmir: History, Society, and Polity

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N. Khan
Springer, Aug 6, 2012 - Political Science - 262 pages
A cross-disciplinary anthology on contemporary Kashmir by academics from Jammu and Kashmir, the first such volume to appear. The book offers a panorama of key cultural concerns of Jammu and Kashmir today, incorporating analysis of military, cultural, religious, and social aspects of the society and polity.
 

Contents

Preface
Constructions of Kashmiri Identity Within the Overlapping
The Voice
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Conceptualization ofSovereignty Democratic Governanceand
Noor AhmadBaba 6 Political Assertionof
Gull Mohammad Wani 7 Kashmir
Sociological Dimensions of Conflict Insurgency Counter
Politics of Exclusion
Bibliography
List of Contributors
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NOOR AHMAD BABA Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Kashmir University REKHA CHOWDHARY Professor of Political Science at the University of Jammu BASHIR AHMAD DABLA Professor and former chair, Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Kashmir, Srinagar RATTAN LAL HANGLOO Chair of the Department of History and Chief Proctor at the University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India MOHAMMAD ISHAQ KHAN Former Professor, Head of the History Department, and Shaikhu'l-'Alam Chair at Kashmir University NYLA ALI KHAN Teaches at the University of Oklahoma NEERJA MATTOO Professor emeritus and former Principal and Head of the Department of English at the Government College for Women, Maulana Azad Road, Srinagar, Kashmir HAMEEDA NAEEM Associate Professor of English, University of Kashmir, Srinagar GULL MOHAMMAD WANI Senior Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar M. H. ZAFFAR Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Kashmir Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar