Ordering violence: explaining armed group-state relations from conflict to cooperation

In Ordering Violence, Paul Staniland advances a broad approach to armed politics - bringing together governments, insurgents, militias, and armed political parties in a shared framework - to argue that governments' perception of the ideological threats posed by armed groups drive their response...

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Main Author: Staniland, Paul 1982- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] London Cornell University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Political Violence
Conflict Management
Political Violence > South Asia > Case studies
Conflict Management > South Asia > Case studies
Non-state actors (International relations)
Insurgency > Government policy
Politischer Konflikt
Innenpolitik
Gewalt
Politik
Miliz
Bedrohungsvorstellung
Konfliktregelung
Sicherheitspolitik
Ideologie
Fallstudie
Indien > Pakistan > Sri Lanka > Myanmar > Paramilitärischer Verband > Terrorismus > Bekämpfung
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Summary:In Ordering Violence, Paul Staniland advances a broad approach to armed politics - bringing together governments, insurgents, militias, and armed political parties in a shared framework - to argue that governments' perception of the ideological threats posed by armed groups drive their responses and interactions. Staniland combines a unique new dataset of state-group armed orders in India, Pakistan, Burma/Myanmar, and Sri Lanka with detailed case studies from the region to explore when and how this model of threat perception provides insight into patterns of repression, collusion, and mutual neglect across nearly seven decades. Instead of straightforwardly responding to the material or organizational power of armed groups, Staniland finds, regimes assess how a group's politics align with their own ideological projects. Explaining, for example, why governments often use extreme repression against weak groups even while working with or tolerating more powerful armed actors, Ordering Violence provides a comprehensive overview of South Asia's complex armed politics, embedded within an analytical framework that can also speak broadly beyond the subcontinent.
Physical Description:xiv, 339 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781501761102
9781501761119