"The Right to Have Rights"
Assam and the Legal Politics of Citizenship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21606009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Padmini Baruah (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 17 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Legal Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0973-5216 |
| Publisher | National Law School of India University (PUBLISHER • IN) |
| DOI | 10.55496/palt8847 |
| OpenAlex | W4395454767 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The historical contestations around documentary citizenship in Assam have led to a situation where people from ethno -religious minority groups find themselves at the fringes of citizenship. Through a closer look at case law being played out before Assam’s citizenship tribunals, this article seeks to explore the arbitrary bureaucratic barriers that are depriving people of their crucial right to access all other rights. This is framed in the context of the historical developments that have led to conflicts around identity in the region. Through my research, I argue that the use of documentation has served specific political goals which work in tandem with existing vulnerabilities to disenfranchise those who are already disadvantaged
Bureaucracy · Citizenship · Disadvantaged · Documentation · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philippine History and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |