Rehearsing the State

Fiona McConnell is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Oxford. She is co-editor of Geographies of Peace (2014) and Diplomatic Cultures and International Politics forthcoming), and sits on the Board of Directors of the Tibet Justice Centre.

• List of Figures viiiSeries Editors’ Preface ixAcknowledgements xNote on Transliteration xiii1 Introduction 12 Rethinking the (Non)state: Time/ Space/ Performance 173 Setting the Scene: Contested Narratives of Tibetan Statehood 404 Rehearsal Spaces: Material and Symbolic Roles of Exile Tibetan Settlements 615 Playwright and Cast: Crafting Legitimacy in Exile 926 Scripting the State: Constructing a Population, Welfare State and Citizenship in Exile 1167 Audiences of Statecraft: Negotiating Hospitality and Performing Diplomacy 1458 Conclusion: Rehearsing Stateness 171References 190Index 216