Internal security in India : violence, order, and the state / edited by Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures vii,
List of Tables ix,
Acknowledgments xi,
Abbreviations and Acronyms xiii,
Contributors xix,
Chapter 1 The State and Internal Security in India 1;
Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur;
Part 1: Internal security: The legal, institutional, and financial framework;
Chapter 2 Internal Security and India's Constitution 61;
Raeesa Vakil;
Chapter 3 The Persistence of the AFSPA 89;
Anubha Bhonsle;
Chapter 4 Role of MHA in Internal Security 110;
Shakti Sinha;
Chapter 5 Public Finances of Internal Security in India 135;
Nirvikar Singh;
Part III: Internal security: Doctrine and strategy;
Chapter 6 India's Internal Security in Comparative Perspective 161;
Paul Staniland;
Chapter 7 India's Internal Security Doctrine in Practice 176;
Sushant Singh;
Part III: Part II: Internal security: The state coercive capacity;
Chapter 8 Military in Internal Security 195;
Amit Ahuja and Srinath Raghavan;
Chapter 9 Role of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in India 219;
Yashovardhan Azad;
Chapter 10 The Indian Police: Managing Dilemmas of Internal Security 240;
Akshay Mangla;
Chapter 11 Riots & Rapid Action: The Special Wing of the Central Reserve Police 260;
Nirvikar Jassal and Hanif Qureshi;
Chapter 12 Protective Labor and its Correlates: A Statistical Portrait 282;
Paaritosh Nath and Arjun Jayadev;
Chapter 13 India's Intelligence in Internal Security 305;
Saikat Datta;
Part IV: Internal Security: Intra-organizational changes within the security providers;
Chapter 14 Included but not Equal? Debating Gender and Labor Reforms within the Border Security Force 331;
Sahana Ghosh;
Chapter 15 Security Labor and State Suppression of Police Worker Politics 351;
Beatrice Jauregui;
Index 375.

"Maintenance of order and curbing violence--the core constituents of internal security-are fundamental responsibilities of any government. developing countries find this task especially challenging since they face a multitude of internal security threats, either caused by misgovernance, internal political turmoil, or provoked from outside. Since independence, the Indian state has grappled with a variety of internal security challenges including insurgencies, terrorist attacks, caste and communal violence, riots, and electoral violence. Their toll has claimed more lives than all of India's five external wars put together. However, after a sharp upswing in the 1980s and 1990s, a number of violence-related indicators have declined over the past two decades. This drop in violence, its causes and implications, have largely gone unnoticed. Three broad questions animate the discussions in "Internal Security in India". What has been the record of the Indian State in controlling violence and preserving order? How have the approaches and capacity of the State evolved to attain these twin objectives? And what have been the implications of the State's approach towards internal security for civil liberties and the quality of democracy?"-- Provided by publisher.

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