UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSFORMATION FROM ETHNICITY TO ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTIES: A STUDY OF BODOLAND PEOPLES FRONT

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Bijaya Sarmah

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Ethnic parties are the result of political mobilisation as well as the growth of political consciousness among the ethnic groups. The state plays a central role in breeding political consciousness among the ethnic groups. The character of the state constitutes the dominant influence upon the character of ethnic politics, ethnic consciousness being ‘an emotionally powerful ideological response to the pattern of insecurities generated by the power structure of the state’.[i]


 


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