Violence of Democracy: Interparty Conflict in South India

Ruchi Chaturvedi

Published by Duke University Press 2023

Violence of Democracy

Interparty Conflict in South India

Ruchi Chaturvedi

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478024606

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About this book

Ruchi Chaturvedi examines a decades-long conflict between Marxist and Hindu political parties in South India to illuminate how representative democracies can foster majoritarian violence.

Author / Editor information

Ruchi Chaturvedi is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Cape Town.

Reviews

“Violence of Democracy raises urgent, timely, and important questions about democracy, violence, and authoritarianism in postcolonial democracies. Ruchi Chaturvedi examines the nature of modern democracy through a dense, historically engaged, and ethnographically rich exploration of the political lives of young men in North Kerala.”

-- Ritty A. Lukose, author of Liberalization’s Children: Gender, Youth, and Consumer Citizenship in Globalizing India

“Ruchi Chaturvedi’s Violence of Democracy is a fascinating ethnography of party politics and violence in North Kerala that rethinks fundamental issues about democratic competition and mobilization. This original and insightful analysis of the nature and sources of political violence in modern democracies makes a pathbreaking contribution to the study of postcolonial societies.”

-- Karuna Mantena, author of Alibis of Empire: Henry Maine and the Ends of Liberal Imperialism

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I Pastoral Power, Masculinity, and Interparty Conflict Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
II Judicial Responsibility and Subterfuge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
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Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 280

eBook

Published: June 30, 2023
ISBN: 9781478024606