02619nam 2200553 450 991079094690332120230607225958.01-138-86265-71-315-02932-41-136-86694-9(CKB)2550000001262915(EBL)1666804(SSID)ssj0001216397(PQKBManifestationID)11674816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001216397(PQKBWorkID)11190490(PQKB)11272597(MiAaPQ)EBC1666804(Au-PeEL)EBL1666804(CaPaEBR)ebr10857864(CaONFJC)MIL589274(OCoLC)876513052(EXLCZ)99255000000126291520140306d2002 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKashmir in comparative perspective democracy and violent separatism in India /Sten WidmalmLondon :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7007-1578-9 1-306-58023-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Explaining violent separatism -- ch. 3. Jammu and Kashmir in transition -- ch. 4. The rise and fall of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir 1977-1989 -- ch. 5. Avoiding violent separatism in India -- ch. 6. 'The most dangerous place in the world' -- ch. 7. Epilogue : the causes of violent separatism and the role of ethnicity.This book investigates the factors that led to the breakdown of democracy and the rise of violent separatism in Jammu and Kashmir in the 1980s, and how the risk of a large-scale war has grown in South Asia in the 1990s. Solutions to this conflict need to be based on knowledge about what caused it as well as perspectives on why this conflict is so particularly dangerous. Widmalm offers answers in this book, with systematic comparisons over time to establish the causes of the conflict. He refutes the contention that ethnic factors are the main cause, while acknowledging that ethnic dividing lineJammu and Kashmir (India)Politics and government20th centuryJammu and Kashmir (India)HistoryAutonomy and independence movements954.6Widmalm Sten947098MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790946903321Kashmir in comparative perspective3766815UNINA