Citation

McDuie-Ra D. Australas. J. Hum. Secur. 2005; 1(2): 49.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Egan-Reid)

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Abstract

This paper takes issue with normative theories of civil society and operational aspects of human security and seeks to contribute to a more empirical understanding of the potential of civil society to act as an emancipatory agent. In Northeast India, decades of insurgency and counter-insurgency have left civil society fragmented and partisan, severely undermining the prospects of human security for the people of the region. Using the state of Manipur as an example, this paper examines the role of women in challenging this status quo and argues that in a largely ineffective civil society the actions of a small group of women has redefined civil society and the distinctions between the public and the private. This has brought the issue of insecurity caused by insurgency and counter-insurgency operations in the state into the wider discourse over the future of the Indian Armed Forces in the Northeast region and reclaimed a space for other civil society organisations to voice their protest.

Language: en