Webb Separatist Violence in South Asia

A comparative study
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-39311-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics

Since decolonization began in the late 1940s, a series of often lengthy and destructive separatist insurgencies have imposed severe financial, economic and human costs upon the states of South Asia. Previous analyses of these conflicts have typically focussed upon the parent state or separatist group as the relevant unit of analysis, but here a broader framework is adopted, arguing that separatism cannot be understood in isolation from the concept of state sovereignty.

This book examines why nation-building projects in South Asia, including secessionist movements from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, have failed to successfully integrate sub-national communities. By deconstructing sovereignty into its constituent components, the book explores the motives, tactics, successes and failures of South Asia’s separatist movements and offers an explanation for why separatism, but not political violence, has recently declined in the region. Taking a comparative explanatory viewpoint, it offers a comprehensive review of relevant explanatory theories dominant in the scholarly literature on secession and an examination of their application to South Asia.

As a thought-provoking discussion of statehood and sovereignty, this book will be of interest to students of political theory, comparative politics, international relations and South Asian politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Webb, Matthew J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Genesis of Conflict 3. The Conduct of Conflict 4. Redemption 5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew J. Webb is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His previous publications include Kashmir’s Right to Secede: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Theories of Secession (2012) and The Political Economy of Conflict in South Asia (2015).