This book provides a micro-historical analysis of the emergence and contemporary
dynamics of recent ethnic sub-nationalist insurgencies in South Asia. Using
comparative case studies, it discusses the causes of each insurgency, analyses
the trajectory and dynamics of each including attempts at resolution, and
highlights the wider theories of ethno-nationalist insurgency and mobilization.
Bringing together an international group of contributors, the book covers
insurgencies in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It questions
why ethnic sub-nationalist insurgencies occurred at particular points in time
and not at others, and explores the comparative trajectories of these movements.
The book goes on to discern reappearing patterns of conflict
escalation/de-escalation through the method