Jallad : Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia (Record no. 30504)
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| fixed length control field | 01690nam a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780745335704 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 362.88 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Tasneem Khalil |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Jallad : Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia |
| Statement of responsibility | Tasneem Khalil |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix,166 Pages |
| Other physical details | 13x21 cm |
| -- | PB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Notes and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The story of South Asian death squads is the story of rampant state terror. From Balochistan in Pakistan to Barisal in Bangladesh, military and paramilitary forces roam the streets under different names and in different formations. However, they carry the same toolbox of abuse: torture, rape, enforced disappearances and cold-blooded executions. These are units which are recognized and protected by the state - acting as part of regular security forces, shielded by black laws or emergency acts. Khalil argues that the existence of death squads and a politics of extrajudicial executions are symptoms of socio-political conditions. These abuses occur in weak postcolonial states that often lack the consent of the ruled. Militarism remains the dominant doctrine in policy making and statecraft. And hegemonic foreign sponsorship of the ruling elite impedes the establishment of democratic order. This book sets out to close a gap in the literature on human rights in South Asia, in which socio-political analysis of state terror is hard to come by. Khalil unveils the bloody logic of domination and repression that lies at the very core of statecraft in South Asia. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political atrocities |
| -- | State-sponsored terrorism |
| -- | South Asia |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-04-19 | CRV/GPLM/12/2016 | 1116.00 | 362.88 T197J 2016 | 35697 | Books |