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IMPACT OF ETHNIC VIOLENCE ON YOUTH*

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Year: 1999

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xviii + 204 pp

About the Book

The predicament of ethnic violence stands out as a daunting problem today, not only in the midst of collapsing states and empires but also in the most tolerant societies where the forces of integration are stronger. Consequently, specialists in search of theories, values and policies have come to realize that they need to find more creative and powerful ways to address the issues of justice among ethnic groups. The Indian society is gripped in an ethnic crisis that threatens its very integrity. The overarching humanism, within which this pluralist society had flowered, appears to be giving way to the obscurantist trends marked by violent explosions of ethnic conflict. These trends need to be reversed before the country lapses into anarchy. The present volume makes a modest attempt to bring into focus the coercive, separatist values and policies that have displaced communities from the humanist consciousness underlying the diverse cultural forms and in effect exacerbated organised ethnic violence. Since, it is the educated youth that are leading the violent movements in the country today, the focus on the student community becomes a matter of priority. This assumption informed the indepth investigation reported here, on the perceptions, attitudes, aspirations, motivations and views of the student community of the Kokrajhar district of Assam where the Bods agitation has led to endemic tribal- nontribal violence. The book underlines the urgency of developing a Peace Education Movement in the country to mobilize and equip its prevention, management and resolution of ethnic conflict and promotion of peace in general.


About Author

Prof. Susheela Bhan, the former Executive Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, is the founder-Director of the Institute of Peace Research and Action (IPRA) at Delhi. A specialist in Education, she has written extensively in the area of Education and Development. Presently, Prof. Bhan is involved in developing a major research programme in the area of Peace Studies. The project on Ethnic Violence is an important input into this programme. Among other research programmes, four projects completed by her merit a special mention. These are: (1) Peace Awareness Among Student Youth in India : A Status Study, (2) Impact of Ethnic Violence on Youth : A study of Hindu Muslim Violence in the old city of Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), (3) Family Violence Against Women, and (4)Evaluation of Curricula and Textbooks being used at the Higher Secondary Stage from the standpoint of Peace Promotion.


Contents

Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgements, List of tables,
Theoretical overview: Ethnicity, ethnic situation in India, ethnic conflict in Assam, Ethnic conflict & curricular intervention for peace
Empirical Investigation: the Kokrajhar study: Research methodology, selected socio-economic characteristics, Social interaction, Perception of voilence, State & media, Aspirations, roles & identities, Psychological impact of violence, attitudes, Views on minimising violence, lessons & questions, references, Index


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