Gambling with Violence

State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Av Yelena Biberman, Skidmore College) Biberman, Yelena (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, BIBERMAN

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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 violencearming 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-27
Mått239 x 160 x 17 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieModern South Asia
Antal sidor240
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190929961

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Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: IntroductionCHAPTER 2: State-Nonstate Alliances in Civil War: A New Balance-of-Interests TheoryCHAPTER 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 RussiaCHAPTER 7: Conclusion Notes Index

In her book Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India, Yelena Biberman offers a concise theory for understanding state-nonstate alliance behavior during civil wars... The admirable breadth and depth of qualitative research across three countries of the South Asian subcontinent make the book an important contribution to understanding the geopolitics of internal conflict in South Asia.