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The Sikh separatist insurgency in India: political leadership and ethnonationalist movements/ Jugdep S. Chima

By: Chima, Jugdep SMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Los Angeles: SAGE, 2010Description: xix, 314 pISBN: 9788132103028; 9789351509530Subject(s): Sikhs--Ethnic identity | Sikhs--Politics and government | Politics and government | Autonomy and independence movementsOnline resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Introduction. "Patterns of political leadership" and ethnonationalist insurgency -- Sikh ethnic identity and early post-independence politics in Punjab -- The emergence of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement. Beginnings of Sikh extremism (1978-1981) -- Emergence of ethnonationalist violence (1981-1983) -- Agitation, ethnic insurgency, and the road to Operation Bluestar (1983-1984) -- The sustenance of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement (1984-1992). Failed political compromises and re-marginalization of Sikh moderates (1984-1986) -- Reorganization of the militants and the armed struggle for Khalistan (1986-1988) -- The divided state and electoral victory of the extremists (1988-1990) -- Escalating factionalism and internecine violence within the separatist movement (1990-1992) -- The demise of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement (1992-1997). Crushing of the violent Sikh ethnonationalist movement by the unified state (1992-1993) -- Return of normalcy to Punjab and Sikh politics (1993-1997) -- Conclusion. "Patterns of political leadership" and ethnonationalist insurgency in a comparative perspective.

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Introduction. "Patterns of political leadership" and ethnonationalist insurgency --
Sikh ethnic identity and early post-independence politics in Punjab --
The emergence of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement. Beginnings of Sikh extremism (1978-1981) --
Emergence of ethnonationalist violence (1981-1983) --
Agitation, ethnic insurgency, and the road to Operation Bluestar (1983-1984) --
The sustenance of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement (1984-1992). Failed political compromises and re-marginalization of Sikh moderates (1984-1986) --
Reorganization of the militants and the armed struggle for Khalistan (1986-1988) --
The divided state and electoral victory of the extremists (1988-1990) --
Escalating factionalism and internecine violence within the separatist movement (1990-1992) --
The demise of the Sikh ethnonationalist movement (1992-1997). Crushing of the violent Sikh ethnonationalist movement by the unified state (1992-1993) --
Return of normalcy to Punjab and Sikh politics (1993-1997) --
Conclusion. "Patterns of political leadership" and ethnonationalist insurgency in a comparative perspective.

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