TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Female suicide terrorism in South Asia: comparing the Tamil separatists and Kashmir insurgents
JO  - South Asian survey
A1  - Bhatia, Vandana
A1  - Knight, W. Andy
SP  - 7
EP  - 26
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0971-5231
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971523112469481
ID  - ref1
ER  -