State, violence, and legitimacy in India /

How do people respond to a state that is violent towards its own citizens? In this text, this question is answered by studying responses to police violence in Delhi and to army violence in the context of a secessionist movement in Assam. Evidence from both the field-sites indicates towards acceptanc...

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Main Author:	Khanikar, Santana (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Political violence > India. Police brutality > India. Democracy > India. India > Politics and government. Violence politique > Inde. Brutalités policières > Inde. Inde > Politique et gouvernement. Democracy Police brutality Political violence Politics and government India Electronic books.
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