Internal Security in India

Amit Ahuja is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara.Devesh Kapur is Starr Foundation South Asia Studies Professor at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

• List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Acronyms Contributors Chapter 1 The State and Internal Security in India Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur Chapter 2 Internal Security and India's Constitution Raeesa Vakil Chapter 3 The Persistence of the AFSPA Anubha Bhonsle Chapter 4 Role of MHA in Internal Security Shakti Sinha Chapter 5 Public Finances of Internal Security in India Nirvikar Singh Chapter 6 India's Internal Security in Comparative Perspective Paul Staniland Chapter 7 India's Internal Security Doctrine in Practice Sushant Singh Chapter 8 Military in Internal Security Amit Ahuja and Srinath Raghavan Chapter 9 Role of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in India Yashovardhan Azad Chapter 10 The Indian Police: Managing Dilemmas of Internal Security Akshay Mangla Chapter 11 Riots & Rapid Action: The Special Wing of the Central Reserve Police Nirvikar Jassal and Hanif Qureshi Chapter 12 Protective Labor and its Correlates: A Statistical Portrait Paaritosh Nath and Arjun Jayadev Chapter 13 India's Intelligence in Internal Security Saikat Datta Chapter 14 Included but not Equal? Debating Gender and Labor Reforms within the Border Security Force Sahana Ghosh Chapter 15 Security Labor and State Suppression of Police Worker Politics Beatrice Jauregui Notes Index

India's internal security is a subject of such immediate political and social relevance that it is not often the subject of rigorous academic study. That gap has been filled by this volume edited by Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur, two scholars with outstanding credentials, covering the institutional, doctrinal, organizational, and other aspects of this contentious subject. The volume thus takes an integrated view of India's internal security. Its strength lies in its reliance on data, the coherence of its arguments, and the reliance on academic disciplines honed in other contexts. All in all, a significant book on an important subject that will become ever more relevant as the pace of change in India accelerates in years to come.