ISBN:
9780295985060
,
0295982586
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 476 S
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
,
23 cm
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Demerath, N. J. The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India, by Paul R. Brass. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2003, xix + 476 pp., 50.00 (cloth) 2004
Series Statement:
Jackson School publications in international studies
DDC:
954.2
Keywords:
Communalism India
;
Aligarh
;
Riots India
;
Aligarh
;
Hindus India
;
Aligarh
;
Muslims India
;
Aligarh
;
Communalism India
;
Aligarh
;
Riots India
;
Aligarh
;
Hindus India
;
Aligarh
;
Muslims India
;
Aligarh
;
Gewalt
;
Religion
;
Hindu
;
Muslim
;
Soziales Feld
;
Einflussgröße
;
Interesse
;
Politik
;
Abstimmung
;
Wahl
;
Massenmedien
;
Polizei
;
Fallstudie
;
Indien Religiös motivierte Gewaltanwendung
;
Hindus
;
Muslime
;
Soziale Faktoren
;
Wirtschaftliche Faktoren
;
Politische Faktoren
;
Wahl/Abstimmung
;
Massenmedien
;
Polizei
;
Aligarh
;
Fallstudie
;
Indien
;
Indien
;
Gewalt
;
Hinduismus
;
Islam
;
Indien
;
Muslim
;
Hindu
;
Religiöser Konflikt
;
Innenpolitik
Description / Table of Contents:
I. Introduction 1. Explaining communal violence. II. Communal riots in India and Aligarh. 2. Aligarh: politics, population, and social organization. 3. Hindu-Muslim violence in India and Aligarh. 4. The great Aligarh riots of December 1990 and January 1991. 5. The control of communal conflict in Aligarh. III. Demographic, social, and economic factors in the productions of riots. 6. The geography and demography of riots. 7. The economics of riots. Economic competition and victimization. IV. Riots and the political process. 8. Riots and elections. 9. The practice of communal politics. 10. Communalization and polarization. Selected constituency-wise results for Aligarh elections. 11. Communal solidarity and division at the local level. 12. The decline of communal violence and the transformation of electoral competition. V. The process of blame displacement. 13. Riot interpretation, blame displacement and the communal discourse. 14. Police views of Hindu-Muslim violence. 15. The role of the media. VI. C
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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