How People Respond to Violence: Everyday Peace and the Maoist Conflict in India

This book explores the powerful role of ordinary people's agency in times of violent conflict, highlighting a wide range of experiences and actions that people engaged in during the conflict. It emphasizes the importance of looking at peace and conflict from an everyday perspective and addresses the power of peoples agency in shaping the politics and dynamics of violence and redefining what 'peace and 'change ought to look like.

Format: Hardback
Length: 275 pages
Publication date: 20 September 2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This book delves into the profound impact of ordinary people's agency in times of violent conflict. Through extensive fieldwork and a Critical Discourse Analysis, the author uncovers the motivations, drivers, and strategies at individual and community levels. By centering on people's own voices, this research unveils rich findings that showcase a diverse range of experiences and actions taken by individuals during the violent conflict, as well as dimensions that often go overlooked in dominant explanations of such conflicts. Consequently, while examining peace and conflict from an everyday perspective, the question of power and the significance of peace knowledge become central. This monograph explores the power of peoples agency not only in shaping the politics and dynamics of violence but also in redefining what 'peace' and 'change' should entail. It is an essential read for researchers and students of Peace and Conflict Studies, as well as International Relations, Security Studies, Resistance Studies, Anthropology, Politics, and International Development.

Weight: 508g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031113413
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022