Tibetan Democracy

Author : Trine Brox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786720467

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Tibetan Democracy by Trine Brox Pdf

How do you govern 130,000 people from exile? Tibet - and the struggles of diaspora Tibetans - are elements of an ongoing and highly debated issue. The Dalai Lama's democratisation process during his time in India from 1959-2011, and the subsequent election of Lobsang Sangay as prime minister-in-exile, marked to the Tibetan people the move away from a seemingly feudal societal structure and traditional theocratic governance. Central to these Tibetan democracy aspirations is the 'freedom struggle' in which Tibetans dream of an ideal politics which includes both Tibetans residing in Tibet and those in exile, with the ultimate goal of returning to a self-ruled Tibet. However, some have questioned whether the fight for democracy has helped or hindered a united and free Tibet. To elucidate this complex debate Trine Brox has undertaken extensive fieldwork investigating how democracy is viewed and practised amongst Tibetans in exile. In so doing, she explores how the Tibetans living in India imagine, organise and negotiate governance that is modern and democratic, but uniquely Tibetan. This is an important book for those with an interest in Tibet, diaspora communities and democracy.

Author : Anna Alomes
Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9789390752904

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The Tibetan Journey to Democracy by Anna Alomes Pdf

An insightful account of how the democratically elected parliamentary system is built with the Tibetan elders who accompanied His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama into exile, this book is a fruitful result of several years of hard work and research. The interviews of the elders vividly depict the struggles and challenges it took to become today’s Democratic Tibetan government. Sparking the feeling of duty towards a nation, there cannot be a better driver of encouragement than the messages left by these elders who are the building blocks of the Tibetan democracy for the future leaders of Tibet. ‘The Tibetan Journey to Democracy’ is a marvelous portrayal of the journey of Tibetan democracy right from its inception till date and holds the power to inspire thousands of Tibetans towards shaping the future of political history of Tibet. Tenzin Wangmo

Author : Helen R. Boyd
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0820457272

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The Future of Tibet by Helen R. Boyd Pdf

This book discusses the emergence of democracy's modernizing force in an exiled community with a political history based on a feudal theocracy. Since his exile almost forty years ago, the Dalai Lama and his government-in-exile have steered this fledgling democratic community toward the fulfillment of his dream of converting a theocracy to a democracy. The establishment of a tripartite government with separate powers and the development of a framework for a future democratic polity - if and when Tibetans regain their land - is a testament to the ongoing democratizing revolution.

Author : Stephanie Römer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134057221

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The Tibetan Government-in-Exile by Stephanie Römer Pdf

This book provides a detailed account of the structure and political strategies of the Tibetan government-in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), in northern India. Since its founding in 1959, it has been led by the 14th Dalai Lama who struggles to regain the Tibetan homeland. Based on a theoretical approach on exile organizations – and extensive empirical studies in Asia – this book discusses CTA’s political strategies to gain national loyalty, and international support, in order to secure its own organizational survival and the ultimate goal: the return to Tibet. The book is organized around the two fundamental questions: firstly, how the CTA fosters its claims to be the sole representative of all Tibetans over the last decades in exile; and, secondly, which policies have been carried out in order to regain the homeland. The book is divided into four substantial chapters: the historical background, providing a review of pre-1959 political Tibet a theoretical section which covers the critical position of exile organizations an examination of the exile Tibetan community and government from the early years an analysis of crucial CTA policies. Innovative and unique, this book combines a political science approach with Tibetan studies to analyse exile-Tibetan politics in particular, and exile governments in general.

Author : Per Kvaerne,Per Kværne,Rinzin Thargyal
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Bon (Tibetan religion)
ISBN : 8787062259

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Bon, Buddhism and Democracy by Per Kvaerne,Per Kværne,Rinzin Thargyal Pdf

Author : Baogang He
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748699728

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Governing Taiwan and Tibet by Baogang He Pdf

Could democracy realistically address the problems in China's national identity? Baogang He opens up a dialogue in which Chinese liberals can offer viable alternatives in defence of key democratic principles and governance.

Author : Trine Brox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786730466

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Tibetan Democracy by Trine Brox Pdf

How do you govern 130,000 people from exile? Tibet - and the struggles of diaspora Tibetans - are elements of an ongoing and highly debated issue. The Dalai Lama's democratisation process during his time in India from 1959-2011, and the subsequent election of Lobsang Sangay as prime minister-in-exile, marked to the Tibetan people the move away from a seemingly feudal societal structure and traditional theocratic governance. Central to these Tibetan democracy aspirations is the 'freedom struggle' in which Tibetans dream of an ideal politics which includes both Tibetans residing in Tibet and those in exile, with the ultimate goal of returning to a self-ruled Tibet. However, some have questioned whether the fight for democracy has helped or hindered a united and free Tibet. To elucidate this complex debate Trine Brox has undertaken extensive fieldwork investigating how democracy is viewed and practised amongst Tibetans in exile. In so doing, she explores how the Tibetans living in India imagine, organise and negotiate governance that is modern and democratic, but uniquely Tibetan. This is an important book for those with an interest in Tibet, diaspora communities and democracy.

Author : Vibha Arora,N. Jayaram
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000084351

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Routeing Democracy in the Himalayas by Vibha Arora,N. Jayaram Pdf

Historically treated as an amorphous borderland and marginal to the understanding of democratic politics and governance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Asia, the Himalayan region, in the last 50 years, has become an ‘active political laboratory’ for experiments in democratic structures and institutions. In turn, it has witnessed the evolution of myriad political ideologies, movements and administrative strategies to accommodate and pacify heterogeneous ethnic-national identities. Routeing Democracy in the Himalayas highlights how, through an ongoing process of democratisation, the Western liberal ideologies of democracy and decentralisation have interacted with varied indigenous politico-cultural ideas and institutions of an ethnic-nationally diverse population. It also reviews how formal democracy, regular elections, local self-governing structures, protection of the rights of minorities and indigenes, freedom of expression, development of mass media and formation of ethnic homelands — all have furthered participatory democracy, empowered the traditionally marginalised groups and ensured sustainable development to varying degrees. The book provides ethnographic and historical vistas of democracy under formation, at work, being contested and even being undermined, showing how democratisation thematically stitches the independent Himalayan nations and the Indian Himalayan states into a distinctive regional political mosaic. Combining new perspectives from comparative sociology, political anthropology and development studies, the volume will be useful for policy makers, as well as specialists, researchers and students in sociology, anthropology, area studies, development studies, and Tibet and Himalayan studies.

Author : Shelly Bhoil,Enrique Galvan-Alvarez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498552394

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Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage by Shelly Bhoil,Enrique Galvan-Alvarez Pdf

Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage: Negotiating Dispossession explores the many ways Tibetans are reimagining their cultural identity since the communist takeover of Tibet in the 1950s. Focusing on developments taking place in Tibet and the diaspora, this collection of essays addresses a wide range of issues at the heart of Tibetan modernity. From the political dynamics of the exiled community in India to the production of contemporary Tibetan literature in the PRC, the collection delves into various aspects of current significance for the Tibetan community worldwide such as the construction of Bon identity in exile, the strategic use of the discourse of development or the issue of cultural and linguistic purity in an increasingly hybrid and globalized world. Moving away from the preservationist paradigm that regards Tibetan culture as an endangered and precious object, the essays in this book portray Tibetan identities in motion, as lived subjectivities that travel, change and creatively reimagine themselves on various global stages. Even if recent Tibetan history is marked by imposed transitions and a sense of dispossession, this collection highlights the ways Tibetans have not only managed traumatic historical events but also become agents of change and reinventors of their own traditions.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : China
ISBN : UCSD:31822037831070

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Religious Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights in Asia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Dharamsala, Inde).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Discrimination in education
ISBN : 818888426X

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State of Education in Tibet by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Dharamsala, Inde). Pdf

Author : Robin Munro,Mickey Spiegel,Asia Watch Committee (U.S.)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1564321053

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Detained in China and Tibet by Robin Munro,Mickey Spiegel,Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) Pdf

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Author : Shokdung
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849049245

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The Division of Heaven and Earth by Shokdung Pdf

This is a translation of one of the most influential and important books from Tibet in the modern era, a passionate indictment of Chinese policies and an eloquent analysis of protests that swept Tibet from March, 2008 - the 'Earth Rat' year according to the Tibetan calendar - as a re-awakening of Tibetan national consciousness and solidarity. The Division of Heaven and Earth was banned by the Chinese government on publication, and led to Shokdung being "disappeared" and imprisoned for nearly six months. This English translation is being made available for the first time since copies began to circulate underground in Tibet. The author, Tagyal -- who uses the pen name Shokdung, meaning "morning conch"-- one of Tibet's leading intellectuals, wrote his book in response to an unprecedented wave of bold demonstrations and expressions of Tibetan solidarity and national identity. In his foreword Matthew Akester, a Tibet specialist who translated this book into English, offers an account of the significance of these developments, which transformed the political landscape across the plateau and led to a sustained and violent crackdown by the Chinese authorities that continues to this day. Shokdung's book is regarded as the most daring and wide-ranging critique of China's policies in Tibet since the 10th Panchen

Author : Dagmar Bernstorff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Refugees, Tibetan
ISBN : 8124119503

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Tibet by Dagmar Bernstorff Pdf

Author : W. Gary Vause
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038646985

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Tibet to Tiananmen by W. Gary Vause Pdf