Armed group taxation and the processes of political ordering in northeast India

Shalaka Thakur

No wp-2025-107, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines how armed group taxation serves as a window into the processes of political ordering. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in Manipur in Northeast India, the analysis juxtaposes two distinct phases: the relatively predictable, quasi-bureaucratic taxation practices during a long period of 'frozen conflict' (2016-2023) and the fragmented, ethnically charged extraction patterns that emerged after the escalation of Meitei-Kuki ethnic violence in May 2023.

Keywords: Armed conflict; Taxation; Informal institutions; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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