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.

1. Ethnic Subnationalist Insurgencies in Contemporary South Asia: An Introduction 2. The Kashmir Insurgency: Multiple Actors, Divergent Interests, Institutionalized Conflict 3. The Political Economy and Changing Organizational Dynamics of the ULFA Insurgency in Assam 4. The Khalistan Movement in Punjab, India and the Post-Militancy Era: Structural Change and New Political Compulsions 5. Insurgencies of Northeast India: Ethnic/Tribal Competition, State Responses, and Underdevelopment 6. The LTTE and Tamil Insurgency in Sri Lanka: Political/Cultural Grievance, Unsuccessful Negotiations, and Organizational Evolution 7. Renewed Ethnonationalist Insurgency in Balochistan, Pakistan: The Militarized State and Continuing Economic Deprivation 8. Conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh: An Unimplemented Accord and Continued Violence 9. The Naxalites of India, Maoists of Nepal, and Taliban of Pakistan: Ideological Insurgencies in South Asia 10. Ethnic Subnationalist Insurgencies in Contemporary South Asia: A Conclusion