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Mahanta, Nani Gopal.

Confronting the state : ULFA's quest for sovereignty / Nani Gopal Mahanta. - xxii, 348 pages ; 23 cm. - SAGE Studies on India's North East .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Nationalism to Secessionism : Transformation of Assamese Identity -- Assam Movement : Laying the Foundation of an Armed Struggle -- Periodising ULFA's Metamorphosis : From Liberator to War Lord -- Parag Das : The Ideologue -- "ULFOcide," State Terror and Truncated Democracy -- What keeps ULFA Going : Endogenous and Exogenous Factors -- What Sustains ULFA? -- ULFA in International Network : From Grievances to Greed -- Peace Process with ULFA, Civil Society and the Indian State -- Confronting the State : Exploring Ways for Sustainable Peace -- Re-visiting Immigration and Identity : Issues of Human Security, Development and Sustainable Peace.

ISBN: 9788132107040 (hb)

LCCN: 2012046748

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United Liberation Front of Assam.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Insurgency--India--Assam.
Self-determination, National--India--Assam.
Government, Resistance to--India--Assam.
Ethnic conflict--India--Assam.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Assam (India)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Assam (India)--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: DS485.A88 / M273 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 320.1 / MAH