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Facing globalization in the Himalayas: belonging and the politics of the self

In: Governance, conflict, and civic action volume 5

Toffin, Gérard; Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna

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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 -- Introduction; PART I -- SHIFTING HORIZONS OF BELONGING; 2- Improbable Globalization; 3 -- Circular Lives; 4 -- Being a Ladakhi, Playing the Nomad; PART II -- MIGRANT EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH ASIA AND BEYOND; 5 -- Migration, Marginality, and Modernity; 6 -- Rights and a Sense of Belonging; 7 -- Geographical, Cultural, and Professional Belonging of Nepalese Migrants in India and Qatar; PART III- CREATING TRANSNATIONAL BELONGING; 8 -- Belonging and Solitude among Nepali Nurses in Great Britain; 9 -- Culture on Display; 10 -- Being and Belonging; 11 -- Global Gurungs.

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Facing Globalization in the Himalayas: Belonging and the Politics of the Self

In: Governance, Conflict and Civic Action v.5

Toffin, Gerard; Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna

This book explores the complex relationships between belonging and globalization in the contemporary Himalayan world and beyond. Over the last decades, the interrelations at local, national, and global scales have intensified in historically unprecedented forms and intensity. At the same time, homogenizing global processes have generated parochial and vernacular reactions. This book aims at developing an appropriate analysis of these interactions and, thus, at supplementing the previous collection on the Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas. This book is the first major study on this topic a