Politically Aware?: Investigating the Levels of Political Awareness of the Third Gender Community in Northeast India
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https://doi.org/10.54741/SSJAR/6.1.2026.314Keywords:
political awareness, third gender, northeast india, assam, nagalandAbstract
In Political Science, the concept of political awareness is a well researched concept across communities, groups and geographical locations. India is not an exception. Political awareness refers to the extent to which an individual/or group have understanding and knowledge of the political system of the society they dwell in. But when we talk of such common concepts like political awareness in relation to marginalized communities like the third gender community of India, there are not only limited number of studies, but to find a single study in this context is rarer. Thus we come up with this study. It will include two states of Northeast India, Assam and Nagaland. Based on field surveys employing the strategy of personal interviews with the help of interview schedules, the present study explores the extent of political awareness of third gender community in Assam and Nagaland.
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