Confronting the state: ULFA's quest for sovereignty

✍ Scribed by Mahanta, Nani Gopal

Publisher: SAGE Publications
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 372
Series: Sage studies on India's Northeast
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

From Nationalism to Secessionism : Transformation of Assamese Identity -- Assam Movement : Laying the Foundation of an Armed Struggle -- Periodising ULFA's Metamorphosis : From Liberator to War Lord -- Parag Das : The Ideologue -- "ULFOcide," State Terror and Truncated Democracy -- What keeps ULFA Going : Endogenous and Exogenous Factors -- What Sustains ULFA? -- ULFA in International Network : From Grievances to Greed -- Peace Process with ULFA, Civil Society and the Indian State -- Confronting the State : Exploring Ways for Sustainable Peace -- Re-visiting Immigration and Identity : Issues of Human Security, Development and Sustainable Peace

✦ Table of Contents

From Nationalism to Secessionism : Transformation of Assamese Identity --
Assam Movement : Laying the Foundation of an Armed Struggle --
Periodising ULFA's Metamorphosis : From Liberator to War Lord --
Parag Das : The Ideologue --
"ULFOcide," State Terror and Truncated Democracy --
What keeps ULFA Going : Endogenous and Exogenous Factors --
What Sustains ULFA? --
ULFA in International Network : From Grievances to Greed --
Peace Process with ULFA, Civil Society and the Indian State --
Confronting the State : Exploring Ways for Sustainable Peace --
Re-visiting Immigration and Identity : Issues of Human Security, Development and Sustainable Peace

✦ Subjects

1900-1999;2000-2009;Autonomy and independence movements;ethnic conflict;Ethnic conflict;Ethnic conflict--India--Assam;Government, Resistance to;Government, Resistance to--India--Assam;Insurgency;Insurgency--India--Assam;political conditions;Politics and government;Self-determination, National;Self-determination, National--India--Assam;self-rule;History;Insurgency -- India -- Assam;Self-determination, National -- India -- Assam;Government, Resistance to -- India -- Assam;Ethnic conflict -- India

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