Kashmir in comparative perspective : democracy and violent separatism in India / / Sten Widmalm

• Autore: Widmalm Sten
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 954.6
• Soggetto geografico: Jammu and Kashmir (India) Politics and government 20th century; Jammu and Kashmir (India) History Autonomy and independence movements
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 line
• Titolo autorizzato: Kashmir in comparative perspective
• ISBN: 1-138-86265-7; 1-315-02932-4; 1-136-86694-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790946903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II