Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation

Explaining, for example, why governments often use extreme repression against weak groups even while working with or tolerating more powerful armed actors, Ordering Violence provides a comprehensive overview of South Asia's complex armed politics, embedded within an analytical framework that ca...

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Main Author: Staniland, Paul 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press 2021
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Summary:Explaining, for example, why governments often use extreme repression against weak groups even while working with or tolerating more powerful armed actors, Ordering Violence provides a comprehensive overview of South Asia's complex armed politics, embedded within an analytical framework that can speak broadly beyond the subcontinent
ORDERING VIOLENCE -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Armed Politics and State Power -- 1. The Politics of Threat Perception -- 2. How Armed Orders Change -- 3. Armed Orders and Ideological Projects in South Asia -- 4. India -- 5. Pakistan -- 6. Burma/Myanmar -- 7. Sri Lanka -- Conclusion: Rethinking Politics and Violence -- Notes -- Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 339 Seiten)
ISBN:9781501761126
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