Insurgency in India's Northeast

• Utgivningsdatum: 2024-12-18
• Mått: 156 x 234 x 9 mm
• Vikt: 310 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics
• Antal sidor: 158
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• ISBN: 9781032484204

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Jugdep S. Chima is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Hiram College, USA. He is the author of The Sikh Separatist Insurgency in India: Political Leadership and Ethnonationalist Movements (2010) and the editor of Ethnic Subnationalist Insurgencies in South Asia: Identities, Interests, and Challenges to State Authority (2015). He has published numerous articles in journals such as Asian Survey, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Review of International Studies, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and Third World Quarterly on topics relating to the political economy of conflict, political parties and group conflict, individual participation in insurgency, and ethnicity and democracy. Pahi Saikia is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. She is the author of Ethnic Mobilisation and Violence in Northeast India (2011). She has also co-edited a book with Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury titled India and Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and Connectivity (2019). She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals including Political Psychology, India Review, South Asian History and Culture on political behavior, ethnofederalism, identity-digital media nexus, women in post-conflict zones, and India's multilateral connectivity.

"Ethnicity remains a potential driver of both political violence and insurgent movements. As such, understanding the genesis of ethnic conflict and how it can be used for political purposes remains critical. Insurgency in India’s Northeast offers some very useful insights into the process in the area, and it is recommended for its case studies on a very complicated region."-- Lawrence E. Cline, in Small Wars & Insurgencies (26 Sep 2024)“Insurgency in India’s Northeast: Identity Formation, Postcolonial Nation/State Building, and Secessionist Resistance, by political scientists Jugdep S. Chima and Pahi Saikia, offers an important intervention into the expanding scholarship on Northeast India. […] The book makes a significant contribution to the fields of Northeast India studies, borderland studies, and the broader scholarship on insurgencies and postcolonial nation-state formation in the South Asian region. Through a “macro-historical” analysis of identity formation and secessionist movements, the authors offer valuable insights into these complex dynamics. […] The book provides a robust theoretical understanding of the region and its ongoing struggles.”-- Kunal Nath Shahdeo, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Pacific Affairs“ [Examining] the most extreme form of interaction between the state and marginalized groups…[the book] centers on armed separatist movements in the country’s northeastern states…[It] makes [an] important theoretical contribution…[by including] primary data collection on events that may not have been visible without careful fieldwork and immersive research. As such, [this work provides] a valuable reference for scholars of India across disciplines and show developing field-based expertise is as fruitful today as ever.”-- Tanu Kumar, Claremont Graduate University, published in Perspectives on Politics, vol.(23), no.3 (September 2025)“Jugdep S. Chima and Pahi Saikia [offer] a comprehensive and insightful analysis of secessionist movements in Northeast India. [The book] does not simply document conflicts but engages with the historical, political, and socio-economic factors that have shaped ethnic insurgencies in the region… By humanising the narratives of insurgency and state response, the book ensures that the voices of those most affected by conflict are not lost in academic abstraction. As such, the book is essential for scholars of South Asian politics, ethnic studies, security studies, and conflict resolution. Its meticulous research, theoretical sophistication, and engaging narrative make it an invaluable addition to the literature on postcolonial state-building and ethnic insurgencies. As India grapples with its ongoing challenges in the Northeast, the book, which is both academically enriching and practically insightful, offers explanations and potential pathways for a just and inclusive future.”-- Derhasat Narzary, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, published in Asian Ethnicity, vol, (26), no.4 (2025)

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