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Author:   Santana Khanikar (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.438kg
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9780199485550

ISBN 10:   0199485550
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   19 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Probing state-legitimacy in the context of violence Part I 1. Everyday Policing and Legality 2. Torture, Notions of 'Justice', and Petty Sovereigns 3. Spaces of Abjection and a 'Civic-Disciplining' Model of Policing 4. (Mis)Use, Agency, and Acceptance: Interactions with Police Violence Part II 5. Of Blessings and Banes: People, ULFA, and the State in Lakhipathar 6. ULFA in Lakhipathar: Perspectives and Perceptions 7. Bearing Witness: Memories, War, and Life in Lakhipathar 8. The Making of an Authority: The State versus the Non-state Conclusion: Produced Belongings, Imagined Geographies Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author

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Santana Khanikar teaches political geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Delhi, and had worked previously at University of Delhi and the Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi. She grew up in a small town in Assam witnessing both insurgent and state and state-sponsored violence from close quarters, where presence of armed forces was a routine part of daily life, Independence Day or Republic Day celebrations were marred by ULFA calls of bandh every year, and school children were on roads participating in movements led by AASU regularly. The areas of her research interest are practices of violence of the state, territoriality and identity, politics in northeast India, and feminist studies. She has published research articles in journals Studies in Indian Politics, and Pratimaan. She can be contacted at khanikarsantana@gmail.com

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