Thianlalmuan Ngaith

Democratisation as a process goes far beyond periodic elections and representative government. It covers social, economic and cultural issues of our daily life and activities. W h i l e a d d r e s s i n g t h e p r o c e s s o f democratisation gender equality, ethnic and identity politics, traditional norms and practices, peace education, civil society in the North East (NE) etc., how the process has reflected over the space has become a highly debatable issue. The objectives of this edited book is: (I) To h i g h l i g h t t h e n e e d f o r democratising gender equality. (II) To understand democratisation identity politics/civil society/state. (III) To see if the age-old traditions and practices of communities hinders operation of democratic system. That is, whether customary laws and practices, and traditional institutions are democratic enough in their structures and functions. (IV) To highlight some challenges for processing of democratisation in the NE. This volume brings together papers presented at the two-day national seminar held at the Conference Hall of ICSSR-NERC, NEHU Campus Shillong in the year 2013. The contributors critically analyse and bring out pertinent issues that directly or indirectly determine and affect the process of democratisation in the NE. This book will be of immense nature to students, scholars and academicians, and public and community leaders who are one of the main actors of the democracy, S Thianlalmuan Ngaihte (stngaihtes@gmail.com) primarily works and writes on issues related to North East India. He cleared UGC-NET in Political Science. He has worked on the role of ethnic elite in the construction and (trans)formation of community identity through a case study of Paite community of Manipur, for his doctoral thesis. He has authored Elite, Identity and Politics in Manipur (2013), and wrote articles which are published in Economic and Political Weekly, International Journal of South Asian Studies, Journal of North-East India St