Description: Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India by Amrita Basu Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This study examines the political sources of violence against religious minorities in India. Focusing on Hindu organizations that have asserted dominance over religious minorities, particularly since the late 1980s, Amrita Basu questions the common assumption that Hindu-Muslim violence is inevitable. Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Amrita Basu is the author of Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Womens Activism in India. She is the editor or co-editor of six books, including Womens Movements in a Global Era: The Power of Local Feminisms and Beyond Exceptionalism: Violence, Religion and Democracy in India. She has received research support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the American Institute of Indian Studies. She is a member of the Council of the American Political Science Association and Vice President of the American Institute of Indian Studies. She is on the editorial boards of the International Political Science Review, American Political Science Review, the International Feminist Journal of Politics, Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, and Critical Asian Studies. She was previously the South Asia editor for The Journal of Asian Studies. Details ISBN 1107461324 ISBN-13 9781107461321 Title Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India Author Amrita Basu Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 357 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:94762293; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781107461321
Book Title: Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India
Number of Pages: 357 Pages
Publication Name: Violent Conjectures in Democratic India
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Minority Studies, Sociology / General, Hinduism / General, Social History, World / General, Violence in Society, Political Ideologies / Democracy, World / Asian
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Amrita Basu
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
