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1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; The questions; The arguments and the structure of the book; A brief note on the sources and their interpretation; Chapter 2: Explaining Violent Separatism; The ethnic factor; Socioeconomic development and conflict; Political explanations; Chapter 3: Jammu and Kashmir in Transition; Jammu and Kashmir and the conflict at independence; Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of independence; Partition and accession |
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The First War between India and Pakistan and the introduction of the United Nations observersThe recurring Kashmir conflict and the Cold War; The special status of Jammu and Kashmir in the Indian Union; United Nations attempts at negotiation between the wars; Relapse into war; Democracy is coming; Chapter 4: The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Jammu and Kashmir 1977-1989; The democratic breakthrough of 1977; The decline of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir 1983-1989; The fatal dismissal; The election cartel: consociationalism taken too far; 'To hell with the democratic process' |
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Alternative explanationsSocioeconomic conditions; The Pakistan factor; The political explanation; Chapter 5: Avoiding Violent Separatism in India; Exit, voice and loyalty to the nation; Why separatism turned violent in Jammu and Kashmir; Separatism and integration in Tamil Nadu; The demand for Dravida Nadu; From separatism to regional autonomy; Loyalty to the union in West Bengal; Bengali Esprit; The insignificance of separatism in West Bengal; Turbulence, exit and voice in West Bengal; The CPI(M) before and after the emergency; How to resist Central Government intervention; Conclusion |
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Chapter 6: 'The Most Dangerous Place in the World'Going to war by accident; The Kashmir Conflict 1990-2000; Conflict trends in Jammu and Kashmir 1990-1998; The proliferation of the Kashmir conflict 1998-2000; Less or more danger at the dawn of a new era?; Chapter 7: Epilogue: The Causes of Violent Separatism and the Role of Ethnicity; The ethnic factor; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Autonomy and independence movements
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Politics and government
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Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
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India -- Jammu and Kashmir
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136866944 |
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1136866949 |
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