Maoist Insurgency, State and People: Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

The volume:

• examines the origins of Maoist insurgency, why it continues, the factions, counterinsurgency, impact of violence on education and other development indicators
• investigates how a conflict with an alternative idea of democracy violently clashes with an established democratic Indian state
• deals with the critical aspects of the Maoist movement in India and the status of Urban Maoism or Urban Naxal
• evaluates state responses to the movement and its impact on the economic status of affected communities
• discusses the gender dimension of armed conflict through a feminist lens and explores how women navigate through varied socio-cultural and gender norms while participating in the conflict

Studying a wide range of critical issues, this volume will be of interest particularly to scholars of political science, development studies, public administration, security studies, peace and conflict studies and human rights.