TY - BOOK AU - Abraham,Itty AU - Newman,Edward AU - Weiss,Meredith L. TI - Political violence in South and Southeast Asia: critical perspectives SN - 9789280871593 AV - HN670.3.Z9 V568 2010eb U1 - 303.60954 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Tokyo, New York PB - United Nations University Press KW - Political violence KW - South Asia KW - Southeast Asia KW - Violence politique KW - Asie méridionale KW - Asie du Sud-Est KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Violence in Society KW - bisacsh KW - eclas KW - Conditions sociales KW - Politique nationale KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Kollektive Gewalt KW - gnd KW - Rebellion KW - Staat KW - Minderheitenfrage KW - Politik KW - idszbz KW - Gewalt KW - Soziale Situation KW - Politiskt våld KW - Sydostasien KW - sao KW - Främre Indien KW - 1945- KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Asie du Sud KW - Südasien KW - Südostasien KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The politics of violence : modalities, frames and functions / Meredith L. Weiss, Edward Newman, and Itty Abraham -- Comparative assassinations : the changing moral economy of political killing in South Asia / Sankaran Krishna -- Forms of collective and state violence in South Asia / Paul R. Brass -- Mass violence in Southeast Asia / Geoffrey Robinson -- On the borderlines : politics, religion, and violence in Bangladesh / Naureen Chowdhury Fink -- External influences on political violence in Southeast Asia / Natasha Hamilton-Hart -- Recruitment and attack in Southeast Asian collective violence / Vince Boudreau -- Subversion, secession, and the state in South Asia : varieties of violence / Varun Sahni and Shamuel Tharu; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - This volume explores the sources and manifestations of political violence in South and Southeast Asia and the myriad roles that it plays in everyday life and as part of historical narrative. It considers and critiques the manner in which political violence is understood and constructed, and the common assumptions that prevail regarding the causes, victims and perpetrators of this violence. By focusing on the social and political context of these regions the volume presents a critical understanding of the nature of political violence and provides an alternative narrative to that found in mainst UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=349259 ER -