@article{ref1,
title="Female suicide terrorism in South Asia: comparing the Tamil separatists and Kashmir insurgents",
journal="South Asian survey",
year="2011",
author="Bhatia, Vandana and Knight, W. Andy",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="7-26",
abstract="In this article we compare two conflicts in South Asia--civil war in Sri Lanka and the insurgency in Kashmir--to investigate the enabling conditions for female suicide terrorism in the former, and the lack thereof in the latter. We conclude that female suicide terrorism is a product of several inter-related factors that feed into each other: (i) tormented society, (ii) individual grievances, and (iii) a terrorist organisation with an effective indoctrination structure. Thus, rather than focusing on the individual motivations behind the female bombers, it is important to situate them in specific socio-political contexts.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0971-5231",
doi="10.1177/0971523112469481",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971523112469481"
}