1st Edition
Political Violence in South Asia
Introduction: Perspectives on Political Violence in South Asia
Ali Riaz, Fahmida Zaman & Zobaida Nasreen
Part 1
1. A Taxonomy of Political Violence in South Asia
Ali Riaz
2. Towards a relational view of political violence
David Jackman
3. Representation of Political Violence in South Asian English Fiction
Fahmida Zaman
Part 2
4. Explaining Political Violence in Contemporary Bangladesh (2000-2017)
Saimum Parvez
5. State Violence and the Everyday - The Ecology of Suspicion and Distrust
Zobaida Nasreen
6. Communal violence in India: strategies for prevention
Maya Chadda
7. The Politics of Muzaffarnagar Violence in 2013, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mujibur Rehman
8. Kashmiri Youth: Redefining the Movement for Self-determination
Hafsa Kanjwal
9. Maoism and Political Violence of People’s War in Nepal
Subho Basu
10. Strategic Logic of Political Violence in Pakistan
Farhat Haq
11. Island of Violence: Ethno-Political Conflict in Sri Lanka
Neil DeVotta
12. Political Violence and Post-Colonial State Building in Sri Lanka
Nirmal Rajith Dewasiri
Biography
Ali Riaz is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University, USA where he served as the Chair of the Department of Politics and Government from 2007 to 2017. His publications include Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence (2016) and the co-edited Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh (2016).
Zobaida Nasreen is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently she is a Fulbright fellow at the Centre for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University, Texas, USA. Her recent publications include Anthropological Thoughts (2018) and Women’s Journey against All Odds (2013).
Fahmida Zaman earned her Master’s in Global Politics and Culture from Illinois State University, USA, where she received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award 2017. Her master’s thesis examines the memory of 1947 Indian Partition and identity politics in Bangladesh.
