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Author_Jane Ardley
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Buddhist political theory
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colonialism studies
community
comparative politics
congress
Dalai Lama
Dalai Lamas
Eastern Tibet
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exile
Gandhian influence on Tibetan activism
Gelug Tradition
government
Gyalo Thondup
Hunger Strike
hunger strike protest
Indian Nationalist Movement
Lhasa Uprising
Muslim League
Non-violent Resistance
nonviolent resistance
people
Present Dalai Lama
region
religious nationalism
rinpoche
Round Table
samdhong
Samdhong Rinpoche
Seventeen Point Agreement
Tar
Thirteenth Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Exile
Tibetan Exile Community
Tibetan Government
Tibetan Independence Movement
Tibetan People
Tibetan Resistance
Tibetan Struggle
TYC
youth
Product details
- ISBN 9780700715725
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Tibet has been occupied for over fifty years, yet no progress has been made in solving the Tibetan problem. The first serious analysis of the Tibetan independence movement, this book is also the first to view the struggle from a comparative perspective, making an overt comparison with the Indian independence movement. It rectifies the problem that the Tibetan independence movement is not taken seriously from a political perspective. The book is particularly concerned with the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetan politics and resistance, comparing this with the relationship between Hinduism and Gandhian political thought. It also expands on the limited literature concerning violent resistance in Tibet, examining guerilla warfare and the hunger strike undertaken by the Tibetan Youth Congress in 1998, rejecting the 'Shangri-la-ist' approach to Tibetan resistance.
Jane Ardley is a Lecturer in Politics in the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment, Keele University. Her main areas of research and teaching are in contemporary Tibetan politics, democratisation in Asia, political sociology, Chinese politics, and Gandhian political thought.
