Keeping the Peace - Spatial Differences in Hindu-Muslim Violence in Gujarat in 2002

Investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 critically examining the logic of political violence.

List of contents

List of tables; List of images; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Explaining variation in violence: an introduction; 2. Peace and violence: concepts and theory; 3. The political logic of violence: anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat; 4. Ahmedabad; 5. Spatial configuration: variation in violence across neighbourhoods; 6. Monitoring and control in two peaceful neighbourhoods; 7. So near, and yet so far: group relations between victims and perpetrators of violence; 8. BJP's Muslim supporters in Ahmedabad; 9. Ethnic violence: connecting the macro with the micro; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Raheel Dhattiwala is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Sociology, Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Summary

This book investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002. It uses statistical and ethnographic methods to unpack mechanisms of crowd behaviour, intergroup relations, and political incentives driving the spread of collective violence, and aims to demonstrate the implicit political logic of the violence.

Product details

• Authors: Raheel Dhattiwala, Raheel (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Dhattiwala
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108497596
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49759-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, India, Politics & government, Religion & politics, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Politics and government, Violence in society, Religion and Politics, Violence and abuse in society