LEADER 03209nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910458068203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a92-808-7159-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054952 035 $a(EBL)728595 035 $a(OCoLC)697184547 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472205 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11323251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472205 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10428994 035 $a(PQKB)10574708 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728595 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL728595 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438159 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054952 100 $a20100413d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPolitical violence in South and Southeast Asia$b[electronic resource] $ecritical perspectives /$fedited by Itty Abraham, Edward Newman and Meredith L. Weiss 210 $aTokyo ;$aNew York $cUnited Nations University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a92-808-1190-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aThis 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 606 $aPolitical violence$zSouth Asia 606 $aPolitical violence$zSoutheast Asia 607 $aSouth Asia$xSocial conditions 607 $aSouth Asia$xPolitics and government 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xSocial conditions 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xPolitics and government$y1945- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 0$aPolitical violence 676 $a322.42095 701 $aAbraham$b Itty$f1960-$0850253 701 $aNewman$b Edward$f1970-$0753901 701 $aWeiss$b Meredith L$g(Meredith Leigh),$f1972-$0867427 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458068203321 996 $aPolitical violence in South and Southeast Asia$92201029 997 $aUNINA