Constructing a Tibetan Demos in Exile
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Constructing a Tibetan Demos in Exile. / Brox, Trine.
In: Citizenship Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3-4, 2012, p. 451-467.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Constructing a Tibetan Demos in Exile
AU - Brox, Trine
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This article explores how displaced Tibetans demarcate and characterize the Tibetan demos in the process of building a democratic community and a government-in-exile. In this democracy-in-exile, defining the demos is not only a means of representing a people, but also a means of regaining a lost homeland. Two specific instances of the construction of a transnational exile demos are investigated: citizenship and political representation. The Tibetan Government-in-Exile's formalized idea of citizenship builds upon ideals of equal and loyal members who form a single unit bounded by a common cause. This also constitutes the foundation for Tibetan citizens' political representation in the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The parliament's definition of the demos enhances regional and religious adherence as essentials for determining who the Tibetan people are. The article refers to problems regarding how this construct, which defines who is included into the demos, inevitably means that some are excluded as well.
AB - This article explores how displaced Tibetans demarcate and characterize the Tibetan demos in the process of building a democratic community and a government-in-exile. In this democracy-in-exile, defining the demos is not only a means of representing a people, but also a means of regaining a lost homeland. Two specific instances of the construction of a transnational exile demos are investigated: citizenship and political representation. The Tibetan Government-in-Exile's formalized idea of citizenship builds upon ideals of equal and loyal members who form a single unit bounded by a common cause. This also constitutes the foundation for Tibetan citizens' political representation in the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The parliament's definition of the demos enhances regional and religious adherence as essentials for determining who the Tibetan people are. The article refers to problems regarding how this construct, which defines who is included into the demos, inevitably means that some are excluded as well.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - citizenship
KW - demos
KW - exclusion
KW - exile
KW - loyalty
KW - political representation
KW - Tibet
U2 - 10.1080/13621025.2012.683258
DO - 10.1080/13621025.2012.683258
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 451
EP - 467
JO - Citizenship Studies
JF - Citizenship Studies
SN - 1362-1025
IS - 3-4
ER -
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