Limi, the Land In-Between

The Art of Governing a Buddhist Frontier Community in the Himalaya
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71366-6
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 854 g

Reihe: Inner Asia Book Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hovden, Astrid

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

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.