State, violence, and legitimacy in India /

How do people respond to a state that is violent towards its own citizens? In this text, this question is answered by studying responses to police violence in Delhi and to army violence in the context of a secessionist movement in Assam. Evidence from both the field-sites indicates towards acceptanc...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Khanikar, Santana
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
How do people respond to a state that is violent towards its own citizens? In this text, this question is answered by studying responses to police violence in Delhi and to army violence in the context of a secessionist movement in Assam. Evidence from both the field-sites indicates towards acceptance of the state, though it may be slow and flickering, based on own rationalities of the subjects or contextual.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-909202-8
0-19-909203-6
Schlagworte:
United Liberation Front of Assam.
India. > Army.
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