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Gayer Laurent

Armed militias of South Asia : Fundamentalists, Maoists and separatists - Delhi Foundation Books 2009 - 276p xiv

Contents:
Naxalism in Bihar : from bullet to ballot / Nicolas Jaoul;
Maoism and the ethnic factor in the Nepalese People's War / Gilles Boquérat;
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 / Amélie Blom;
The SSP : herald of militant Sunni Islam in Pakistan / Mariam Abou Zahab;
The Islamist militias of Bangladesh : symptoms of a weak state? / Jérémie 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: 9781850659778

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Political Violence - Social Aspects - South Asia 2. Militia Movements - Nationalism - Religious Aspects3. Ethnic Conflict

Dewey Class. No.: 303.600000 / GAY