State, Violence, and Legitimacy in India Pfizer In this text's last two

In this text's last two chapters

signs and signals

but the barbaric din of the modern city is never far away

after watching for a while

State, Violence, and Legitimacy in India Pfizer In this text's last twoIf the state in a democracy like India engages in violence towards its own citizens, then is this state still acceptable to the people? This work studies how the wielding and exercise of violence by a power shapes peoples' notions of belongingness, security, and freedom, and how these processes construct or affect the legitimacy of a given power. These questions are answered in this work through insights offered by ethnographic explorations of police