Confronting the state : ULFA's quest for sovereignty
Material type: TextSeries: SAGE Studies on India's North EastPublication details: Los Angeles sage 2013Description: xxii, 348 pISBN: 9788132107040 (hb)Subject(s): Insurgency | Self-determination, National | Government, Resistance to | Ethnic conflictDDC classification: 320.954162 Summary: Confronting the State: ULFA's Quest for Sovereignty examines the complex nuances and dynamics that make ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) a formidable insurgent group in India. It argues that to understand the phenomenon of insurgency, one has to understand the genesis of conflict between the Indian State and the state of Assam right from the very inception of the nation-state. The author claims that the ideological and identity issues between India and Assam have remained unresolved, and ULFA is a manifestation of that unresolved crisis. He explains that ULFA represents a mindset, a suppressed voice, which is deeply engrained in Assam's psyche. The declining support base of ULFA is not to be seen in its numerical strength; it represents the unmet aspirations of the tribal and ethnic groups of Assam. The book tries to go beyond a ULFA-centric solution and dwells upon the issues of illegal migration, human development and the need for the protection of a composite society in Assam. It also deals with the 2012 (July-September) violent conflict in Bodoland over the issue of illegal migration and quest for a homogenous homeland. It tries to bring forward a framework of durable solution to the illegal migration issue in the state by contesting the existing discourse.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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320.954090512 SAL/O The other side of the mountain | 320.9541 BEY Beyond counter-insurgency : breaking the impasse in Northeast India | 320.9541 SAN/D Durable disorder : understanding the politics of Northeast India | 320.954162 NAN/C Confronting the state : ULFA's quest for sovereignty | 320.95416209045 SAN/I India against itself : Assam and the politics of nationality | 320.954167 SUN/S Smash & grab :annexation of Sikkim | 320.95417 KIS/C Che in Paona Bazaar :tales of exile and belonging from India's North-east |
Confronting the State: ULFA's Quest for Sovereignty examines the complex nuances and dynamics that make ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) a formidable insurgent group in India. It argues that to understand the phenomenon of insurgency, one has to understand the genesis of conflict between the Indian State and the state of Assam right from the very inception of the nation-state.
The author claims that the ideological and identity issues between India and Assam have remained unresolved, and ULFA is a manifestation of that unresolved crisis. He explains that ULFA represents a mindset, a suppressed voice, which is deeply engrained in Assam's psyche. The declining support base of ULFA is not to be seen in its numerical strength; it represents the unmet aspirations of the tribal and ethnic groups of Assam.
The book tries to go beyond a ULFA-centric solution and dwells upon the issues of illegal migration, human development and the need for the protection of a composite society in Assam. It also deals with the 2012 (July-September) violent conflict in Bodoland over the issue of illegal migration and quest for a homogenous homeland. It tries to bring forward a framework of durable solution to the illegal migration issue in the state by contesting the existing discourse.
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