Unruly hills : a political ecology of India's northeast / Bengt G. Karlsson

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Nature and Nation --
Chapter 2. Elusive Forests --
Chapter 3. Shifting Land Rights --
Chapter 4. Mining Matters --
Chapter 5. Indigenous Governance --
Chapter 6. Political Ecology at the Frontier

he 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? Can sustainable resource management be achieved in a situation of radical commodification of land and other aspects of nature? Focusing on conflicts relating to forest management, mining, and land rights, the author offers an account of present-day challenges for Indigenous people to accommodate aspirations for ethnic.