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Title

Violent Conjuntures in Democratic India / Amrita Basu, Amherst College.

Author

Basu, Amrita, 1953-

Publication

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description

xxviii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"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. Contrary to many predictions, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has neither consistently engaged in anti-minority violence nor been compelled by the centrifugal pressures of democracy to become a centrist party. Rather, the national BJP has alternated between moderation and militancy. Hindu nationalist violence has been conjunctural, determined by relations among its own party, social movement organization, and state governments, and on the character of opposition states, parties and movements. This study accords particular importance to the role of social movements in precipitating anti-minority violence. It calls for a broader understanding of social movements and a greater appreciation of their relationship to political parties"--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Subjects

• Social conflict > India
• India > Social conditions > 1947-
• Nationalism > Social aspects > India
• Hindus > India > Politics and government
• Political violence > India
• India > Politics and government > 1977-
• Social movements > Political aspects > India
• Democracy > Social aspects > India
• Bharatiya Janata Party
• Minorities > Violence against > India

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 15-5224

ISBN

• 9781107461321 (paperback)
• 1107461324 (paperback)
• 9781107089631 (hardback)
• 1107089638 (hardback)

LCCN

2014044903

OCLC

896806823

Author

Basu, Amrita, 1953- author.

Title

Violent Conjuntures in Democratic India / Amrita Basu, Amherst College.

Publisher

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-5224