Gambling with Violence
State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India
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2019
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-092997-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-092997-8 (ISBN)
In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Why would these countries gamble with their own national security by outsourcing violence - arming nonstate actors inside their own borders? Drawing on over 200 interviews, archival research, and fieldwork conducted across Asia, Europe, and North America, Biberman introduces the "balance-of-interests" thesis to deepen our understanding of state-nonstate alliances in civil war. This framework centers on the distribution of power during war and shows how various combinations of interests result in distinct types of coalitions. Incorporating case studies of civil war and counterinsurgency, her book sheds light on how militias, alliances, and South Asian security connect today.
Yelena Biberman is an assistant professor of political science at Skidmore College and nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center. She specializes in the study of political violence, South Asian politics, and unconventional warfare.
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
CHAPTER 2: State-Nonstate Alliances in Civil War: A New Balance-of-Interests Theory
CHAPTER 3: Saving the House of Islam: Pakistan's "Volunteers" in the War of 1971
CHAPTER 4 "Guns Plus Interest:" Renegades and Villagers in India's Kashmir War
CHAPTER 5: Tribal "Awakenings" in Pakistan and India
CHAPTER 6: All the State's Proxies in Turkey and Russia
CHAPTER 7: Conclusion
Notes
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 19.07.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Modern South Asia |
Zusatzinfo | 9 |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 231 x 155 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-092997-9 / 0190929979 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-092997-8 / 9780190929978 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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