ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Explaining violent separatism -- ch. 3. Jammu and Kashmir in transition -- ch. 4. The rise and fall of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir 1977-1989 -- ch. 5. Avoiding violent separatism in India -- ch. 6. 'The most dangerous place in the world' -- ch. 7. Epilogue : the causes of violent separatism and the role of ethnicity.