TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The Maoist insurgency in India: between crime and revolution
JO  - Small wars and insurgencies
A1  - Mahadevan, Prem
SP  - 203
EP  - 220
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - Since 2004, the Indian government has described the country's Maoist insurgency as a grave threat to domestic security. A study of the sustaining dynamics behind Maoist violence suggests that the rebels are growing operationally stronger due to profits derived from organized crime. Having built up a parasitic economy that operates within the boundaries of nominal state control, they are proceeding to undermine that same control. In effect, the Maoists have assumed characteristics of a Mafia group. With India's economic growth having surged in recent years, their ability to finance aggressive operations and consolidate their subversive infrastructure has increased correspondingly.<p /> 
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SN  - 0959-2318
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2012.642204
ID  - ref1
ER  -