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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458068203321

Titolo

Political violence in South and Southeast Asia [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives / / edited by Itty Abraham, Edward Newman and Meredith L. Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2010

ISBN

92-808-7159-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AbrahamItty <1960->

NewmanEdward <1970->

WeissMeredith L <1972-> (Meredith Leigh)

Disciplina

322.42095

Soggetti

Political violence - South Asia

Political violence - Southeast Asia

Electronic books.

South Asia Social conditions

South Asia Politics and government

Southeast Asia Social conditions

Southeast Asia Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction - The politics of violence: Modalities, frames andfunctions; 2 Comparative assassinations: The changing moral economy of political killing in South Asia; 3 Forms of collective and state violence in South Asia; 4 Mass violence in Southeast Asia; 5 On the borderlines: Politics, religion and violence in Bangladesh; 6 External influences on political violence in Southeast Asia; 7 Recruitment and attack in Southeast Asian collective violence; 8 Subversion, secession and the state in South Asia: Varieties ofviolence; index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the sources and manifestations of political violence in South and Southeast Asia and the myriad roles that it plays in everyday life and as part of historical narrative. It considers and critiques the manner in which political violence is understood and



constructed, and the common assumptions that prevail regarding the causes, victims and perpetrators of this violence. By focusing on the social and political context of these regions the volume presents a critical understanding of the nature of political violence and provides an alternative narrative to that found in mainst