ABSTRACT
The Maoist insurgency in India is a fight against violence rooted in the socio-political and administrative structure of the country. This chapter will deal with theoretical perspectives, which are the foundations of our studying of Maoist violence. The government of India uses several strategies and paradigms to tackle insurgencies and armed conflicts. The dominant strategy is based on the security paradigm, which consists of maintaining the status quo and putting down insurgencies using force to regain control and establish law and order along with development projects and welfare schemes like employment generation, lone, and lone attractive surrender policy. After a brief discussion of various theoretical foundations that underpin our understanding of India’s Maoist violence – this chapter will discover the gaps and propose an alternative in the broader contextualization of the human security perspective.
