The Sikh separatist insurgency in India: political leadership and ethnonationalist movements/
Jugdep S. Chima
- Los Angeles: SAGE, 2010.
- xix, 314 p.
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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Sikhs--Ethnic identity Sikhs--Politics and government Politics and government Autonomy and independence movements