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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of acronyms -- Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Contextualizing terrorism, security, and development in South Asia -- Part II Country cases of terrorism, insurgencies, and development -- Chapter 2 Non-state acts of terrorism and counterterrorism in Bangladesh: A critical review -- Chapter 3 Terrorism, security, and development in Sri Lanka: In the national, regional, and global context -- Chapter 4 Tenuous security in the Himalayas: A focus on Nepal -- Chapter 5 Naxal insurgency in India: Genesis, ideological precepts, and security challenges -- Chapter 6 Normalcy restored? The lingering drivers of insurgency in Northeast India -- Chapter 7 The improbable rise and inglorious fall of the Khalistan insurgency in India's Punjab -- Chapter 8 Terrorism and insurgency in Afghanistan -- Chapter 9 The persistence of terrorism in Pakistan: An analysis of domestic and regional factors -- Part III Issues of radicalization, extremism, and the state -- Chapter 10 Hindu radicalization and implications for India -- Chapter 11 The proliferation of extremism and security issues in the Maldives -- Part IV Issues of regional security and global implications -- Chapter 12 Terrorism, security, and development and the "never-ending" conflict over Jammu and Kashmir -- Chapter 13 Women and militancy in South Asia: Straddling the agent-victim binary -- Chapter 14 Security vulnerabilities in South Asia and the Indian Ocean -- Chapter 15 The impact of terrorism in South Asia: Implications and prospects -- Part V Conclusion -- Chapter 16 Some rumination on the impact of terrorism, insurgencies, and (in)security in South Asia in the age of globalization -- Index.

"Identifying the longstanding security tensions between Pakistan and India, this book gives a deep and robust account of the historical elements and current contexts of terrorism in South Asia. South Asia is characterized by a variety of religions, ethnicities, languages, customs, histories and cultures. Focusing on this complex region provides an opportunity to diversify away from a Western-centric focus on terrorism and security. It highlights both historical issues and current contexts and features theoretical frameworks that shed light on the scholarly perspectives of terrorism. Sixteen chapters and eight country case-studies (Bangladesh; the Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bhutan; Nepal; India; Pakistan; and Afghanistan) help explain the challenges and trends relating to historicity, territoriality, ethnic conflicts and culturality as well as the current waves of radicalization by groups such as ISIS and al Qaeda and their various inspired subsidiaries across South Asia"--

"Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nation's. Public safety is threatened by 'high rates of crime' especially violent crime" in much of the region, the plague of the illicit drug trade, transnational organized crime, gangs, the current global proliferation of crimes of terrorism and related violent extremism and radicalization. The situation diminishes morale among the youth, their education and their future, and operates as a major push factor. Yet, surprisingly, there has been a scarcity of scholarly work that addresses these conditions.? This interdisciplinary volume succinctly responds to the gap in criminological and security studies on the Caribbean by drawing attention to the understudied nexus of crime, violence, and security that is so pervasive in the region, and the ways in which underdevelopment re/creates environments for insecurity.The book is organized in three parts:Part one encompasses conceptualizations of crime, violence and punishment. Part two takes up country cases on crime and security. Part three addresses issues of regional security, both public and private.This timely volume will be valuable reading for scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers who share a critical interest in the scope, impact, and inter-relationality of crime, violence, and in/security in the region."--Provided by publisher.

"Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nation's. Public safety is threatened by 'high rates of crime' especially violent crime" in much of the region, the plague of the illicit drug trade, transnational organized crime, gangs, the current global proliferation of crimes of terrorism and related violent extremism and radicalization. The situation diminishes morale among the youth, their education and their future, and operates as a major push factor. Yet, surprisingly, there has been a scarcity of scholarly work that addresses these conditions.? This interdisciplinary volume succinctly responds to the gap in criminological and security studies on the Caribbean by drawing attention to the understudied nexus of crime, violence, and security that is so pervasive in the region, and the ways in which underdevelopment re/creates environments for insecurity. The book is organized in three parts:Part one encompasses conceptualizations of crime, violence and punishment. Part two takes up country cases on crime and security. Part three addresses issues of regional security, both public and private. This timely volume will be valuable reading for scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers who share a critical interest in the scope, impact, and inter-relationality of crime, violence, and in/security in the region."--Provided by publisher

"This book draws attention to emerging issues around the rights of minorities, marginalized groups and persons in Africa and shows that although international human rights principles have been embraced in the continent, various minority groups and marginalized persons are denied such rights through criminalization and persecution"--