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Author:

Milices arm©♭es d'Asie du sud. English.

Title:

Armed militias of South Asia : fundamentalists, Maoists and separatists / Laurent Gayer, Christophe Jaffrelot, editors ; translated by Cynthia Schoch, Gregory Elliott and Roger Leverdier.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiv, 276 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Political violence--Social aspects--South Asia.
Militia movements--South Asia.
Nationalism--Religious aspects
Ethnic conflict--South Asia.

Other Authors:

Gayer, Laurent
Jaffrelot, Christophe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Naxalism in Bihar : from bullet to ballot / Nicolas Jaoul -- Maoism and the ethnic factor in the Nepalese People's War / Gilles Boqu©♭rat -- Fighting with ideas : Maoist and popular conceptions of the Nepalese People's War / Marie Lecomte-Tillouine -- The LTTE : a national liberation and oppression movement / Chris Smith -- Burma's militias : between insurgency and maintaining order / Renaud Egreteau -- A patron-client perspective on militia-state relations : the case of the Hizb-ul-Mujahidin of Kashmir / Am©♭lie Blom -- The SSP : herald of militant Sunni Islam in Pakistan / Mariam Abou Zahab -- The Islamist militias of Bangladesh : symptoms of a weak state? / J©♭r©♭mie Codron -- The militias of Hindutva : communal violence, terrorism and cultural policing / Christophe Jaffrelot -- The Khalistan militias : servants and users of the state / Laurent Gayer.

ISBN:

0231701101 (alk. paper)
9780231701105 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320799262

LCCN:

2009024418

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)