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Borderlands (Definitions (Borderlands as political constructs (Baud and…
Borderlands
Definitions
Borderlands are socially constructed through boundary producing practises and questions of identity (Meogran, 2011)
Borderlands as political constructs (Baud and Schendel, 1997)
Borders create political, social and cultural distinctions, boundaries act to separate people (Baud and Schendel, 1997)
Borders as a result of institutional practises- historical, natural, political, economic or symbolic (Meogran, 2011)
Nepal
Geographical context (Rehman, 2009)
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Civil War 1996 (Suhrke, 2011)
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The dynamics of Nepals borderlands can be explained by the dominance of the hill people over the low lands as a result of the strong influence by the caste system (Suhrke, 2011)
Emergence of maoist in opposition of the monarchy, wanted to break apart these old structures
In indias favour, currency pegged to indian rupee as well as cultural structures
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Sri Lanka
Civil war 1983
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State not weak, even maintained growth during the war
Tamils vs Sinhalese (Stokke, 2006)
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Negotiations
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anti foreigner discourse, similar to the discourse in Nepal (Goodhand, 2010)
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