Abstract
AbstractThis chapter analyses the social and economic changes taking place in the Lushai Hills. It examines the conflicts in Mizo society and its dominant sections’ response to claims over the new state. It also discusses the mobilization of the inclusive Mizo identity by those excluded. The chapter reveals that the Mizo national Front (MNF) was aware that its social control relied on strengthening the Mizo construct and considers how Mizo society and the state are responding to recent socio-economic challenges. It discusses that cohesive political power has translated into maintenance of the centrality of the institutions of the state in people's lives. State-making leaders in Mizoram were able to create a strong and cohesive state that has extensive links to society, thus improving its capabilities. The Mizoram case shows how society-making entails leaders not only including some but also excluding others to acquire legitimacy among their constituents so as to hold them together.
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