Sovereign Anxiety: Public Order and the Politics of Control in India, 1915–1955
Author:   Javed Iqbal Wani (Ambedkar University Delhi)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009337939


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   16 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Javed Iqbal Wani (Ambedkar University Delhi)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781009337939


ISBN 10:   1009337939
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   16 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Invoking Exception and Defining Enemies: Extraordinary Legislation and the Colonial War on Terror in the Early Twentieth Century India; 3. Controlling 'Mobs' and Maintaining Public Order in the United Provinces, 1930–1940; 4. Bureaucratic Encounters and the Question of Justice in India: A Kafkaesque Tale of Official Discretion, Errors, and Oversights; 5. Lineages of a Post-colonial State: The Disposition of a State-sponsored Vigilantism in UP, 1948; 6. Mukhiyas and Chowkidars: Understanding the 'New' Sense of Public Order in the United Provinces 1947–1955; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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Javed Iqbal Wani is currently Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi. He completed his doctoral degree from the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His research interests are interdisciplinary and pertain to questions of sovereignty and law, particularly law enforcement, law enactment, public order, political violence, crime prevention, extraordinary legislation etc.

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