Durable disorder : understanding the politics of Northeast India.

These essays on the politics of insurgency-ridden northeast India show how counter-insurgency operations have virtually led to the establishment of a de facto authoritarian military rule.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baruah, Sanjib (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Government, Resistance to > India, Northeastern. India, Northeastern > Politics and government > 19th century. India, Northeastern > Politics and government > 20th century. India, Northeastern > Ethnic relations. Résistance au gouvernement > Inde (Nord-Est) Ethnic relations. Government, Resistance to. Politics and government Northeastern India. Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology. South Asia. 1800-1999 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Towards a political sociology of durable disorder
2. Nationalizing space : cosmetic federalism and the politics of development
3. Generals as governors
4. Clash of resource use regimes in colonial Assam : a nineteenth century puzzle revisited
5. Confronting constructionism ending : the Naga war
6. Society versus state in Assam
7. The Indian state and ULFA : winning a battle and losing the war?
8. Twenty-five years later : a diminished democracy
9. Citizens and denizens : ethnicity, homelands, and the crisis of displacement
10. Beyond durable disorder : Northeast India and the look east policy.