TY  - GEN
AU  - Berenschot, Ward
TI  - Riot politics : Hindu-Muslim violence and the Indian state
SN  - 9788129123756
U1  - 303.623 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Rainlight Publications India Pvt. Ltd. (Rupa)
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements  vii
Glossary and Abbreviations  xi
PART ONE : Introduction
1. Introduction : riot networks in Ahmedabad 3
2. Explaining India's Hindu-Muslim violence   19
PART TWO: Shifting patterns of state-society interaction 
3.The coming of the chamchas and the politicization of Gujarat's neighbourhoods   41
4. Changing patronage channels and the rise of Hindu-nationalism in Gujarat   59
PART THREE: The everyday mediation of the state
5.The everyday mediation of a municipal councillor 77
6. Neighbourhood workers and the politics of exchanging favours 97
7.Moneypower and musclepower : on the nexus between politicians, state officials and goondas 121
PART FOUR : Political mediation and communal violence
8.Political mediation and the politics of identity 139
9. The infrastructure for violence : rioting as maintaining relations 161
Conclusion : political mediation, communal violence and the state.  187
Notes   203
Bibliography  219
Index   233
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