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Reevaluating Politicized Identity & Notions of an American Political Community in the Legal & Political Process

, Public Law and Legal Theory Commons , Race, Ethnicity and Post- 3 New York University - Washington , D.C. , USA 4 Commons, Cultural Heritage Law Commons, Election Law Commons , Ethics and Political ... Philosophy 5 Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Constitutional Law Commons , Courts Follow this and additional works at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ijlse Colonial Studies Commons

Ranked Choice Voting: How Voters Have Responded to a Failing Political System

A long-standing colloquialism amongst politicians and people in the political world is “People love their congressmen but hate Congress.”4 While not a new sentiment, distrust of the political system

Youth Political Engagement and Democratic Culture in Republican Nepal

Nepalese youth have been aimed at integrating them as useful assets in the service of Nepalese political institutions, such as political student unions, but in this paper, based on fieldwork and interview ... University 1 Culture in Republican Nepal. HIMALAYA 39(2) 2 O'Neill , Tom; Poudel, Bijaya Raj; and Maharjan, Nabin. 2020. Youth Political Engagement and Democratic Available at: https

Serving Only to Oppress: An Intersectional and Critical Race Analysis of Constitutional Originalism Inflicting Harm

Constitution were set at the founding and have not changed or adapted since. See Marcia Coyle, ‘His Judicial Philosophy Is Mine’: Amy Barrett Touts Scalia in Remarks From Rose Garden, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL ... (Sep. 26, 2020), https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/09/26/his-judicial-philosophy-is-mine-amy-barrett-toutsscalia-in-remarks-from-rose-garden/?slreturn=20230227132623. 2023] value judgments in

Recognizing America's "Religious Nones" and Their Influence on Political and Legal Norms

Berlinerblau defines secularism as ?[a] political philosophy which . . . is preoccupied with, and often deeply suspicious of, any and all relations between government and religion.?50 And, finally, defining ... philosophy that results in depriving religious leaders of political power but maintaining a benign attitude toward their religious beliefs. This notion has been consistently backed by religious liberals, the

The Young Political Generation Today, Five Years Later

have the institutional capacity to fulfill their demands? During my research in Nepal of student activists’ political participation—their protesting the king’s dismissal of elected parliament in the ... their parties in the constituent assembly elections in 2008—I learned of the euphoric infectiousness that comes from successful political movements. I know how young activists derive a sense of importance

Nomadic Pastoralists and the Traditional Political Economy - a Rejoinder to Cox

- Nomadic pastoralists and the traditional political economy-a Rejoinder by Melvyn C. Goldstein (Case Western Reserve University) rejoinder to Cox. Romanticizing traditional Tibetan society and revising ... its history in accordance with contemporary political expedience is growing as the political contest between the Dalai Lama and China over the status of contemporary Tibet intensifies. Cox's response to

The Political Potency of Tibetan Identity in Pop Music and Dunglen

political potency of Tibetan pop music and dunglen is far more double-edged, coopted and complex. Drawing on ethnography, I describe how state institutions and largely Tibetan cultural workers have in fact ... these expressions are linked to particular political demands. As I explore, a number of reasons can be identified as to why the state does not censor Tibetan pop music and dunglen more harshly, and

Violent Histories and Political Consciousness: Reflections on Nepal's Maoist Movement from Piskar Village

between the 1\<[aoist movem ent and past hi sto ri es of political violence in rural Nepal. I ex plore ho w a 1984 p olice ma ssac re of villa ge rs in Piska r, Sindhup a lcok , fostered lo ca l p olitica l ... pal trea ted it eith er as an inco mprehen sible , a nom a lou s rupture in a gen erally p eaceful politi ­ ca l field, or as a case of political party s plit s gon e aw r y. I argu e in stea d th at th

On the Political Organization of Nomadic Pastoralists in Western Tibet: A Rejoinder to Cox

, therefore, were ethnic Tibetans living in W. China under a totally different political system from that extant in Tibet "proper".1 In essence, the Tibetan populations in Kansu were analogous to the ethnic ... Tibetan populations of Ladakh (India), Nepal, Sikkim ar:.d Bhutan. We would, of course, not expect that the political organization of peasants in Lhasa, Tibet would be the same as those in Leh, Ladakh or

Tibetan Refugees As Objects Of Development. Indian Development Philosophy And Refugee Resistance In The Establishment Of Lukzung Samdrupling, The First Tibetan Refugee Settlement In India

The paper looks at the development philosophy behind the establishment of the Lukzum Samdrupling, the first Tibetan refugee settlement in India and how it was received by the refugees. After ... and 1960’s with an emphasis on Tibet, the paper explores the central concepts of Indian development philosophy at that time, such as cooperative, scientific farming and modern family planning, and how

Pioneers of plankton research: Carl Chun (1852–1914)

biologist, and a political activist. In a self-imposed political exile, Vogt left Germany for Geneva in 1850 and would appear later in Chun’s life. Leuckart left Giessen when he was named Professor in Leipzig

Waking the Watchdog: Needs, Opportunities, and Challenges of Environmental Advocacy in Modern Bhutan

philosophy emphasizes sustainable development, cultural preservation, environmental conservation, and good governance over the long-favored global metric of success: Gross Domestic Product. Bhutan’s historic ... transition to democracy are changing the ecological and socio-political landscape, requiring the adaptation of conservation strategy. This paper draws on historic and policy analysis, ethnographic observation

The Social and Political Life of a Relic: The Episode of the Moi-e-Muqaddas Theft in Kashmir, 1963-1964

theft became a vehicle for reifying certain Kashmiri Muslim social and political sentiments. The incident also catapulted the issue of Kashmir’s political accession, which emerged in 1947 at the time of

Reigning the River: Urban Ecologies and Political Transformation in Kathmandu by Anne M. Rademacher; Reviewed by Kelly D. Alley

turbulent twenty years of Kathmandu’s history and outlines the political crises, human settlements and resettlements, and global reaches of river restoration discourses. She orients and frames this journey by ... identifying three narratives of urban ecology. Rademacher traces out the political and environmental transformations that together impact and create the degraded reaches of the Bagmati and Bishnumati rivers

The Dull Pain of Simmering Anger: Affective and Emotional Experiences among Displaced Kashmiri Pandits

‘exodus.’ While the Pandits have lived since then in Jammu, New Delhi and elsewhere, remaking their lives that were disrupted in displacement, they inhabit a complex political location. Pandit political ... sentiments of anger are expressed, that are seemingly Ankur Data minor and ordinary, but which provide a way to understand anger and rage in shaping everyday social and political life. I will then discuss

Review of River Dialogues: Hindu Faith and the Political Ecology of Dams on the Sacred Ganga by Georgina Drew

Recommended Citation - River Dialogues: Hindu Faith and the Political Ecology of Dams on the Sacred Ganga. Georgina Drew. Critical Green Engagements. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2017. 258 pages ... cases such as the Ganga, where resources are revered, political ecology alone is insufficient for understanding and assessing resource conflict. ?Political ecology is useful because it focuses on the

The Process of Power: A Process-Oriented Approach to Dissecting a Group’s Political Power

Minority groups receiving protection under the Fourteenth Amendment must typically show that they have little "political power,

Gender and Green Governance: The Political Economy of Women’s Presence in Community Forestry and Beyond by Bina Agarwal; Reviewed by Bimbika Sijapati Basnett

the turbulent politics of the Himalayas today, belonging’s lack appears as much a political force as its presence. Crucially, belonging and non-belonging are best considered in tandem. After all, not ... and the acrimonious struggles for a “new Nepal,” the interplays of belonging and non-belonging breed exceptionally volatile, often violent, political forms. Belonging —understood as an affective and