Political Violence and the Police in India

✍ Scribed by K S Subramanian

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 260
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Increasing political violence in India is challenging the government s ability to resolve conflicts democratically. Combining scholarship with professional experience as a police officer for more than three decades, author K.S. Subramanian sketches the growing crisis of governance in two ways: by assessing the Central Government s police organizations and through case studies of regions and communities bearing the brunt of political violence. The author is thus able to take the reader behind the scenes whether it is on police partisanship in communal riots in Gujarat, the Home Ministry s approach to the Naxalite problem, the violence against Dalits, or the violation of human rights in India s North-East. His is a plea for reconciling the modernizing impulses of civil society and the democratic urges of political society. Key Features Identifies patterns and trends in political violence in India Examines how the Government s political machinery has responded Explains why State response has been inadequate Makes concrete recommendations for a change in structures and attitudes

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction......Page 22
Political Violence and State Response in India......Page 34
The Indian Police System in Crisis......Page 58
Intelligence Bureau: An Instrument of Partisan Politics......Page 82
Central Paramilitary Forces: A Parallel Police Force?......Page 106
Naxalite Violence: What Can the Union Home Ministry Do?......Page 126
Violence against Dalits and Adivasis: Whither Social Justice?......Page 146
State-sponsored Violence against the Muslims in Gujarat, 2002: A Case Study in Police Partisanship......Page 171
Political Violence in the Northeast: The Human Rights of Ordinary People......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 221
Appendix A......Page 237
Appendix B......Page 241
References......Page 243
Index......Page 254
About the Author......Page 260