The politics of indigenous people in such a diverse and extended territory like India, and the meaning of holding an indigenous identity, are facts of primary importance to a country that poses its...Show moreThe politics of indigenous people in such a diverse and extended territory like India, and the meaning of holding an indigenous identity, are facts of primary importance to a country that poses its basis on principles of equality, democracy and inclusiveness. The following thesis will therefore analyse and investigate the indigenous policies carried out, in specific, in the northeast territory of India. To do so, two main approach will be taken, which will analyse two elements that seem to characterise this geographic region: instability and location. The first term is linked to the recent Indian Lok Sabha Elections of 2019. The second is related to the international border in which indigenous tribes of this area are living.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur (BA)
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In deze scriptie staan twee soorten bronnen centraal: een set munten uit het Kushaanse rijk uit de tweede eeuw n. Chr. en een set passages van antieke auteurs Strabo en Arrianus. Deze scriptie...Show moreIn deze scriptie staan twee soorten bronnen centraal: een set munten uit het Kushaanse rijk uit de tweede eeuw n. Chr. en een set passages van antieke auteurs Strabo en Arrianus. Deze scriptie onderzoekt manieren waarop een empirische analyse van archeologische bronnen en een literaire analyse van tekstbronnen elkaar kunnen aanvullen.Show less
Consociationalism has evolved to become the dominant theory for managing political stability in heterogeneous states. Consociations fragment power, delineate societies, adopt group-based rights and...Show moreConsociationalism has evolved to become the dominant theory for managing political stability in heterogeneous states. Consociations fragment power, delineate societies, adopt group-based rights and are governed by elites representing different ethnic groups. However, the primordialist understanding of identity, institutionalised policies of differential treatment and a number of normative failings means consociationalism actually increases the political instability it is purported to mitigate. India, one of the most diverse and complex societies on earth, has adopted several consociational mechanisms upon independence. The recently increased consociational nature of India has strengthened specific identities and increased intergroup and intragroup antagonisms resulting in rising political instability. This is empirically demonstrated by data from India’s National Crime Records Bureau. The 16th Lok Sabha election in 2014 represented a watershed moment for Indian politics and the saturation point for consociationalism. A disenchanted electorate turned overwhelmingly to the most anti-consociational party in the political system – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party has been the most outspoken critic of consociational policies often describing them as ‘minorityism’ (Varshney, 1993:252). The BJP, with a platform of development intertwined with an Indian identity, transcended the entrenched norms of Indian politics. The rise of the Saffron party challenges the theoretical validity and epistemological underpinnings of consociationalism. The normative manifestations – coalition governments and affirmative action programmes – played a paramount role in the BJP’s ascendency. The shifting landscape of Indian politics is not limited to the national level. The BJP now controls the majority of state governments. In India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, where caste mobilisations are especially strong, the BJP gained a landlside victory in the 2017 Vidhan Sabha election.Show less
In the wake of The Supreme Court of India's decision to decriminalise homosexuality, this paper studies how British colonialism structured the perceptions and representations of same-sex intimacies...Show moreIn the wake of The Supreme Court of India's decision to decriminalise homosexuality, this paper studies how British colonialism structured the perceptions and representations of same-sex intimacies and sexual fluidity in India. Combining discourse analysis and historiographical approaches, this paper focuses on various aspects of Indian history and society, from the many examples of homo-eroticism in Indo-Muslim literature and Indian religious traditions to the medicalisation of sexuality and the internalisation of British ideals of masculinity and sexuality in the discourse around same-sex intimacies, as well as the parallels between this and the modern Hindutva movement.Show less
