Infrastructural Hegemony, Governance and Ethnicity: An Observation from the Autonomous Areas of Manipur

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2023 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 10 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2023

Authors : A. Kaisii

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I4P102

How to Cite?

A. Kaisii, "Infrastructural Hegemony, Governance and Ethnicity: An Observation from the Autonomous Areas of Manipur," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 10,  no. 4, pp. 9-16, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I4P102

Abstract:

The nature of participation divulges the state of governance where belongingness is imperative to create an environment of healthy participation. Out of the various factors, governance suffered in the multi-ethnic diverse state of Manipur as there is a serious issue of belongingness to the governing systems due to the colossal infrastructure disparity between the autonomous areas and the valley. Besides widening the gap of infrastructural belongingness, infrastructural hegemony is a contributing factor in deepening the ethno-social divide whereby intra-state ethnic tensions have led to negating the various initiatives to mend the state of governance. It is explicit that the objectives of good governance have been ignored while stimulating the strategy of infrastructural hegemony. A systematic endeavour to concentrate almost every infrastructural expansion within the valley is inseparable from deteriorating the state's corruption level.

Keywords:

Belongingness, Corruption, Good governance, Hegemony, Participation.

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