{"product_id":"armed-militias-of-south-asia-fundamentalists-maoists-and-separatists-hardcover","title":"Armed Militias of South Asia: Fundamentalists, Maoists and Separatists - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristophe Jaffrelot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaurent Gayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere seems to be no end to the growing number of victims of civil war, terrorism, guerrilla warfare and military repression on the Indian subcontinent, despite the absence of interstate wars over the past ten years. These conflicts often involve armed paramilitary militias or insurgents of one sort or other, and it is their ideology, sociology and strategies that the contributors to this book investigate. Whether based on ideological motives--such as the Maoists and Naxalites in Nepal and India--or invested with a fundamentalist religious mission--the Hindu nationalist Bajrang Dal in India, the Sunni SSP in Pakistan, or Islamist militias in Bangladesh--all these movements use violence to exercise social control, challenge the authority of the state and impose their own particular worldview. Although they seek also to undermine the state, depriving it of the monopoly on legitimate violence that it supposedly holds, governments are equally adept at exploiting them to make them serve their own ends. For the authorities, these movements can be useful tools for their pursuit of both moral and social order. However delegating power to such groups for short term political gains can be an extremely risky enterprise, as demonstrated by Indira Gadhi's patronage of the Sikh militant group that later assassinated her. Armed Militas of South Asia is the first comprehensive book of its sort and will be required reading for all those interested in the politics of the subcontinent and Myanmar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr \u003cstrong\u003eChristophe Jaffrelot \u003c\/strong\u003eis Research Director at CNRS and teaches South Asian politics and history at Sciences Po (Paris). From 2000-8, he was Director of CERI at Sciences Po. Arguably one of the world's most respected writers on Indian society and politics, his publications include\u003cem\u003e The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to the 1990s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndia's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India\u003c\/em\u003e, and Dr Ambedkar and \u003cem\u003eUntouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste\u003c\/em\u003e, all of which are published by Hurst. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaurent Gayer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Research Fellow at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), currently posted at the Centre de sciences humaines (CSH), Delhi. He is also Research Associate at the Centre Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud, Paris\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.8 x 5.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520866238685,"sku":"9780199326914","price":83.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/aLvjHgQVxp9780199326914.webp?v=1772248832","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/armed-militias-of-south-asia-fundamentalists-maoists-and-separatists-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}