Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation

Governments And Armed Groups Have Remarkably Diverse Relationships: Sometimes They Fight In Intense Wars, Sometimes They Work Together, Sometimes They Construct Informal Live-and-let-live Bargains. This Book Offers A New Way To Think About The Politics Of These Different Forms Of Order, Outlines How Governments Perceive Threats, And Provides Extensive Evidence From Post-1947 South Asia -- Provided By Publisher.