The Sikh separatist insurgency in India : political leadership and ethnonationalist movements /

This title provides an authoritative political history of the Sikh separatist insurgency in Punjab by focusing on the 'patterns of political leadership'.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chima, Jugdep S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Paul Wallace
  • Pt. 1. Introduction
  • 1. "Patterns of Political Leadership" and Ethnonationalist Insurgency
  • 2. Sikh Ethnic Identity and Early Post-Independence Politics in Punjab
  • Pt. 2. The Emergence of the Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement (1978-1984)
  • 3. Beginnings of Sikh Extremism
  • 1978-81
  • 4. Emergence of Ethnonationalist Violence
  • 1981 to 1983
  • 5. Agitation, Ethnic Insurgency, and the Road to Operation Bluestar
  • 1983 to 1984
  • Pt. 3. The Sustenance of the Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement (1984-1992)
  • 6. Failed Political Compromises and Re-marginalizaion of Sikh Moderates (1984-1992)
  • 7. Reorganization of the Militants and the Armed Struggle for Khalistan (1986-1988)
  • 8. The Divided State and Electoral Victory of the Extremists (1988-1990)
  • 9. Escalating Factionalism and Internecine Violence within the Separatist Movement (1990-1992)
  • Pt. 4. The Demise of the Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement (1992-1997)
  • 10. The Crushing of the Violent Sikh Ethnonationalist Movement by the Unified State (1992-1993)
  • 11. The Return of Normalcy to Punjab and Sikh Politics (1993-1997)
  • Pt. 5. Conclusion
  • 12. "Patterns of Political Leadership" and Ethnonationalist Insurgency in a Comparative Perspective.