{"product_id":"unruly-hills-a-political-ecology-of-indias-northeast-9780857451040","title":"Unruly Hills A Political Ecology of Indias","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: how does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eIn departing from conventional scholarship, the book makes a major contribution to the study of Northeast India but also to the study of environmental politics in frontier regions more generally. As such, \u003c\/em\u003eUnruly Hills\u003cem\u003emay prove to be the blueprint for similar approaches to other parts of the region, especially given the centrality of environmental questions in the Northeast. As scholarly interest in borderlands reaches its zenith, Karlsson’s work should be highly valued among scholars interested in India and beyond. This is an outstanding book for its content and the challenges it sets out to its readers.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“Unruly Hills \u003cem\u003eis one of the most original and provocative books on environment and politics in India.  Communities supposedly control most land, forests, and other natural resources in the hills of Northeast India. However capitalist transformations have rendered those hill communities quite powerless: they are hardly able to control the local resource base. Behind the legal fictions of community ownership lie the ugly reality of a ‘resource frontier’ where there is massive privatization and accumulation of land by local elites and serious environmental degradation as the result of the crude exploitation of forests, water, and mineral resources. Karlsson’s book brims with fresh insights on the crisis of legitimacy of India’s democratic institutions in this border region\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Sanjib Baruah\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bard College, New York and Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nature and Nation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Elusive Forests\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eShifting Land Rights\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eMining Matters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Indigenous Governance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Political Ecology at the Frontier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038902518103,"sku":"9780857451040","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857451040.jpg?v=1750941871","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unruly-hills-a-political-ecology-of-indias-northeast-9780857451040","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}