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1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages) |
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Cover; Keeping the Peace; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Images; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Explaining Variation in Violence: An Introduction; The Puzzle; Structure of the Book; The Hindu and the Muslim: Identity, Conflict, and Violence in Modern India; Hindu-Muslim Violence in Gujarat: A Historical Perspective; Violence in 2002: The Event; A Note on Methods and Ethics; 2. Peace and Violence: Concepts and Theory; Violent Conflict and the Actions of Political Elites; Contact and Threat; Emotions; 3. The Political Logic of Violence: Anti-Muslim Pogrom in Gujarat |
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Data and MethodDependent Variable; Method; Independent Variables; Results; Discussion; 4. Ahmedabad; Ahmedabad: Violence in 2002; A Fractured City: Spatial Segregation in Ahmedabad; The Axiomatic Nature of Anti-Muslim Prejudice; Research Design and Overview of Neighbourhoods; Ram Rahim Nagar; Santoshnagar; Parikshitlal Nagar; Kabadi Markets-2 and 3; Naroda Patiya; Secondary Sites; Ward-level Analysis: Quantitative Findings; Estimation of Muslim Population in Wards; Results; 5. Spatial Configuration: Variation in Violence across Neighbourhoods; Influence of Space on Collective Action |
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Spatial ConfigurationEthnographic Findings; Political Incentives; Interethnic Engagement; Spatial Configuration in Neighbourhoods of Ahmedabad; Ram Rahim Nagar; Santoshnagar; Parikshitlal Nagar; Kabadi Markets-2 and 3; Naroda Patiya; Discussion; 6. Monitoring and Control in Two Peaceful Neighbourhoods; Peace as a Commitment Problem; Fight or Flight?; The Dichotomy of 'Good Behaviour'; Realization of Total Compliance for Peacekeeping: Violence versus Voting-behaviour; Monitoring and Sanctioning During Attacks; Closure of Boundaries to Prevent Outsiders |
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Resolving Commitment Problems of InsidersCredible Authority in Ram Rahim Nagar and Makarba; Shamshad, Ram Rahim Nagar; Rambhai, Makarba; Discussion; 7. So Near, and Yet So Far: Group Relations between Victims and Perpetrators of Violence; Neighbour of Choice; The Neighbour and the Neighbourhood: Testimonial and Perceptual Understanding; Spontaneous Discussions: Group versus Individual setting; Resolving Crises Collectively; Cognitive Maps; Discussion; 8. The BJP's Muslim Supporters in Ahmedabad; Support for the BJP: When Did It Begin?; Precedents |
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Motivations of the BJP Muslim Party Worker and the Party SupporterCharismatic Authority, Religiosity, and Personal Experiences of Violence; Public Versus Private Support; Polling Booth Analysis; Discussion; 9. Ethnic Violence: Connecting the Macro with the Micro; Spontaneity and Deliberateness in Violence; Peaceful Neighbourhoods; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In times of extreme violence, what explains peace in some places? This book investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002, an event witnessed closely by the author. It compares peaceful and violent towns, villages, and neighbourhoods to study how political violence spreads. A combination of statistical and ethnographic methods unpack the mechanisms of crowd behaviour, intergroup relations, and political incentives. Macro-level risk factors that led to the violence are analysed to provide a close understanding of the behaviour of people who participated in the violence, were targeted by it and, often, compelled to carry on living alongside their perpetrators. Findings systematically demonstrate the implicit political logic of the violence. Most of all, by moving up close to the people caught in the middle of violence; findings highlight the interplay between politics, the spatial environment, and the cognitive decision-making processes of individuals |
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Violence -- India -- Gujarat
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Riots -- India -- Gujarat
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Communalism -- India -- Gujarat
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Religion and state -- India -- Gujarat
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Hindus -- India -- Gujarat
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Muslims -- India -- Gujarat
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Communalism
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Ethnic relations
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Hindus
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Muslims
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Politics and government
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Religion and state
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Riots
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Violence
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Gujarat (India) -- Ethnic relations
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Gujarat (India) -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
India -- Gujarat
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108596312 |
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1108596312 |
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9781108642606 |
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1108642608 |
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