Mimetic sovereignties, precarious citizenship: state effects in a looking-glass world

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 469-490

  Sundar, Nandini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

citizenship; counterinsurgency; India; Maoist guerillas; mimesis; sovereignty; state effects

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CIVIL WAR; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY;

INDIA;

EID: 84904440052     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2014.919264     Document Type: Article

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