Violent conjunctures in democratic India /

"This book is a pioneering study of when and why Hindu nationalists have engaged in discrimination and violence against minorities in contemporary India. Amrita Basu asks why the incidence and severity of violence differs significantly across Indian states, within states, and through time. Cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amrita Basu
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Cambridge studies in contentious politics
Subjects:
India-Politics and government-1977-.
India-Social conditions-1947-.
Political violence-India.
Minorities-Violence against-India.
Bharatiya Janata Party.
Hindus-India-Politics and government.
Democracy-Social aspects-India.
Nationalism-Social aspects-India.
Social movements-Political aspects-India.
Social conflict-India.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TTrjCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=violent+conjunctures+in+democratic+india&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimsIvj5eXWAhVGs48KHRJ9BwAQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=violent%20conjunctures%20in%20democratic%20india&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Pillars of Hindu Nationalism
  • 1. The state : dialectics of states, parties, and movements
  • 2. Party politics : disrupting party-movement boundaries
  • 3. Movements politics : globalized markets and sacred spaces
  • Part II. Extensive Violence
  • 4. When local violence is not merely local : a tale of two towns
  • 5. Gujarat : the perfect storm
  • Part III. Episodic Violence
  • 6. Uttar Pradesh : movements and counter movements
  • 7. Himachal Pradesh : the party rules
  • 8. Rajasthan : two phases of party-movement relations
  • 9. Conclusion.

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