Limi, the Land In-Between

The Art of Governing a Buddhist Frontier Community in the Himalaya

Astrid Hovden (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

440 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
9789004713666 (ISBN)

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This book examines the governance of a Himalayan frontier community through local Tibetan institutions and customary law, highlighting the dilemmas involved in adapting to shifting Nepali administrative reforms and other processes of socio-economic and political change.

This book examines the art of governing a Himalayan frontier community through local institutions and customary law in the context of extensive socio-economic and political change. Limi, the Land In-Between discusses the roles of the village assembly and the Buddhist monastery in local governance and details the monastery's functions as a ritual provider, tax collector, and its contribution to environmental management and conflict resolution. Adopting a longitudinal perspective, the author explores how the villagers adapt to shifting Nepali administrative reforms and navigate the dilemmas arising with increasing outmigration as well as other transformations within the broader regional and global context.

Astrid Hovden is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oslo (2016) and has done research on both sides of the Himalaya since 2002, resulting in several publications.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.05.2025
Reihe/Serie	Inner Asia Book Series ; 17
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	854 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9789004713666 / 9789004713666
Zustand	Neuware