Internal Security in India: Violence, Order, and the State (MODERN SOUTH ASIA SERIES)

ISBN 10: 0197660347 / ISBN 13: 9780197660348

Published by Oxford University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Internal Security in India: Violence, Order, and the State (MODERN SOUTH ASIA SERIES)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197660347
• ISBN 13: 9780197660348
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

In Internal Security in India, Amit Ahuja, Devesh Kapur, and a cast of leading scholars on the subject focus on India's security and the threats it faces, including insurgencies, terrorist attacks, caste and communal violence, riots, and electoral violence. As the contributors in this volume analyze how the Indian State has managed the core concern of internal security over time, they address these questions: How well has India controlled violence and preserved order? How have the approaches and capacity of the State evolved to attain these twin objectives? And what implications do the State's approach towards internal security have for civil liberties and the quality of democracy?

About the Author

Amit Ahuja is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Devesh Kapur is Starr Foundation South Asia Studies Professor at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.