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Political violence in South and Southeast Asia : critical perspectives

By: Abraham, Itty [edt].

Contributor(s): Newman, Edward [edt] | Weiss, Meredith L [edt].

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BookPublisher: Tokyo 2010; United Nations University Press Description: xi, 224 p.ISBN: 97880811902.Subject(s): SOUTHEAST ASIA | SOUTH ASIA | POLITICAL VIOLENCEOnline resources: full text available - pdf

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1. Introduction – The politics of violence: Modalities, frames and functions Meredith L. Weiss, Edward Newman and Itty Abraham 2. Comparative assassinations: The changing moral economy of political killing in South Asia Sankaran Krishna 3. Forms of collective and state violence in South Asia Paul R. Brass 4. Mass violence in Southeast Asia Geoffrey Robinson 5. On the borderlines: Politics, religion and violence in BangladeshNaureen Chowdhury Fink 6. External influences on political violence in Southeast Asia Natasha Hamilton-Hart 7. Recruitment and attack in Southeast Asian collective violence Vince Boudreau 8. Subversion, secession and the state in South Asia: Varieties of violence Varun Sahni and Shamuel Tharu

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ASI B34291

This volume presents the results of a research project organized and funded jointly by the International Peace Institute and the United Nations University.

UNU B34290

This volume presents the results of a research project organized and funded jointly by the International Peace Institute and the United Nations University.

1. Introduction – The politics of violence: Modalities, frames and
functions Meredith L. Weiss, Edward Newman and Itty Abraham
2. Comparative assassinations: The changing moral economy of
political killing in South Asia
Sankaran Krishna
3. Forms of collective and state violence in South Asia
Paul R. Brass
4. Mass violence in Southeast Asia
Geoffrey Robinson
5. On the borderlines: Politics, religion and violence in
BangladeshNaureen Chowdhury Fink 6. External influences on political violence in Southeast Asia
Natasha Hamilton-Hart
7. Recruitment and attack in Southeast Asian collective violence
Vince Boudreau
8. Subversion, secession and the state in South Asia: Varieties of violence Varun Sahni and Shamuel Tharu

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