Handbook of Tribal Politics in India ;is undoubtedly the most authoritative source for a systematic and comprehensive study of this vibrant field of scholarship. Divided into three sections, the chapters cover a broad range of themes ranging from a general introduction to tribal politics to exploring contemporary issues and concerns within the discipline.
The book presents a trajectory and authentic overview of tribal politics while keeping in mind the changing relationship between tribal communities and democracy. Using qualitative and quantitative data, it studies the role of tribal political representatives in public policy-making, issues related to communities, and the nature and dynamics of tribal politics at the state and national levels. It explores the patterns, conditions and challenges of tribes’ participation in electoral politics and presents the issues and agendas that will continue to affect the tribal politics in future.
This book is an essential resource for teaching and research in political science and other social science disciplines studying comparative political dimensions.
Ambagudia, Jagannath: - Jagannath Ambagudia is Dean, School of Social Sciences and Humanities (2020-), and Associate Professor at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of Social Sciences and Humanities (2014-), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus, Assam, India. He was also the Chairperson, Unit for Research and Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus, Assam, India (2016-2020). Previously, he taught at the Department of Political Science, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi (2009-2014); National Law School of India University, Bangalore, Karnataka (2008-2009); and ARSD College, University of Delhi (2006-2008). He obtained MA, M. Phil. and Ph. D. in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the author of Adivasis, Migrants and the State in India (Routledge, 2019). His area of interest lies on issues of Adivasi society, social exclusion and inclusion, development and deprivation, marginalisation, preferential treatment, distributive justice and community conflict. He is currently working on the role of tribal MPs in Indian Parliament within the broader relationship between scheduled tribes and democracy in India.
Xaxa, Virginius: - Virginius Xaxa is currently visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi. Prior to joining IHD, he was Professor of Eminence and Bharat Ratna Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Chair at Tezpur University (2016-2018). He was also Professor and Deputy Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus (2011-2016). He taught Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (1990-2011), and North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (1978-1990). He obtained MA in Sociology from Pune University and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. He is the author of Economic Dualism and Structure of Class: A Study in Plantation and Peasant Settings in North Bengal (Cosmo, 1997) and State, Society and Tribes: Issues in Post-Colonial India (Pearson, 2008), co-author of Tea Plantation Labour in India (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1996) and co-editor of Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion: Development and Deprivation of Adivasis in India (OUP, 2012), Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood: Issues and Challenges of Transformation (Palgrave, 2017) and Employment and Labour Market in North-East India: Interrogating Structural Changes (Routledge, 2019). He was also the Chairman of the High Level Committee on Socio-Economic, Health and Educational Status of Tribal Communities of India, Government of India (2014).
